langpack searching problematic, should seek by path logic rather than timestamp comparison

Bug #1311 reported by Jeff Bailey
4
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Ubuntu
Invalid
Medium
Unassigned
glibc (Ubuntu)
Breezy
Fix Released
Medium
Jeff Bailey

Bug Description

The current hack that we use for Ubuntu to look for langpack information uses timestamps to compare rather than a path to seek and find the first match.

Ideally, language pack files are storoed in a directory that overrides the default system .gmo files.

The current hack that we use for Ubuntu to look for langpack information uses timestamps to compare rather than a path to seek and find the first match.

Ideally, language pack files would be stored in a directory that overrides the default system .gmo files.

Changed in glibc:
assignee: nobody → jbailey-ubuntu
Changed in glibc:
assignee: nobody → jbailey-ubuntu
status: New → Rejected
Changed in glibc:
assignee: jbailey-ubuntu → nobody
description: updated
Jeff Bailey (jbailey)
Changed in glibc:
status: New → Fixed
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