No mapping for nl_BE.UTF-8@euro in locale.alias

[Ertveldt]

When using the nl_BE.UTF-8@euro locale (Dutch Language for Belgium) in
Hoary, GTK-applications start with some warning messages:

(nautilus:9216): Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by Xlib
(nautilus:9216): Gdk-WARNING **: cannot set locale modifiers

A quick look at /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/locale.alias reveals that
the necessary alias for this locale is missing.

Adding the following 2 lines to locale.alias is IMO be an easy fix:
nl_BE.UTF-8@euro nl_BE.UTF-8
nl_BE.UTF-8@euro: nl_BE.UTF-8

[Daniel Stone (daniels)]

Is @euro really still needed with UTF-8?

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

*.UTF-8@euro is *actively deprecated* and will probably be removed. Don't use
it; simply use *.UTF-8 instead.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

(The addition of *.UTF-8@euro in the first place was a mistake by Debian's glibc
maintainers, as far as I can make out.)

[Ertveldt (ertveldt)]

If those UTF-8@euro locales are dropped before the final Hoary release, then
this report is indeed irrelevant. (see also bug # 8502)

On a side note:
I compared /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED with /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/locale.alias
(attached script) and came to the conclusion that nl_BE.UTF-8@euro is the only
UTF-8@euro locale without an alias in locale.alias:

de_AT.UTF-8@euro - OK
de_BE.UTF-8@euro - OK
fr_BE.UTF-8@euro - OK
nl_BE.UTF-8@euro - not OK
de_DE.UTF-8@euro - OK
ca_ES.UTF-8@euro - OK
es_ES.UTF-8@euro - OK
eu_ES.UTF-8@euro - OK
gl_ES.UTF-8@euro - OK
fi_FI.UTF-8@euro - OK
sv_FI.UTF-8@euro - OK
fr_FR.UTF-8@euro - OK
en_IE.UTF-8@euro - OK
ga_IE.UTF-8@euro - OK
it_IT.UTF-8@euro - OK
de_LU.UTF-8@euro - OK
fr_LU.UTF-8@euro - OK
nl_NL.UTF-8@euro - OK
pt_PT.UTF-8@euro - OK

[Ertveldt (ertveldt)]

Created an attachment (id=1444)
Compares every UTF-8@euro locale in SUPPORTED and locale.alias

[Daniel Stone (daniels)]

OK, I'll add this for the next upload simply for consistency's sake: no point
having all but one in there.

[Matt Zimmerman (mdz)]

This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 8502.