[Techtalk] what the heck is it with locale and ls -l -- recap with correct outputs

[Carla Schroder]

On Thursday, February 23, 2012 04:18:49 PM Akkana Peck wrote:
> Carla Schroder writes:
> > Heh, sorry for mail-bombing the list-- I keep getting mixed up and
> > posting mistakes. So here is a recap for the benefit of anyone
> > following alone, with correct outputs:
> > 
> > Two distros: Mint 12 and Fedora 16
> > 
> > Mint 12 has coreutils 8.5
> > Fedora 16 has coreutils 8.2
> > 
> > Both have the same locale: en_US.UTF-8
> 
> I was going to guess that's the difference: I've noticed lots of
> changes in format and flag behavior in ls over the past few years,
> and keep having to change my shell aliases accordingly.
> 
> But then I tried it on Ubuntu ocelot (2012-02-23 12:20 style)
> and Debian squeeze (Sep 15  2010 style), and they both have
> coreutils 8.5-1. (Locale en_US.UTF-8 both places.) So that's not it.
> 
> At this point, I know it's a hassle, but if you need a definitive
> answer you might have to go to the source. It's sad, but sometimes
> that's the only "documentation" that's worth anything.
> apt-get source coreutils on Mint, and I forget what the Fedora
> equivalent is. Check the distro-specific change logs first since
> it's possible this is explicitly being changed in one distro or
> the other.
> 
> 	...Akkana

That's a good idea. I found a lot of good information for my Audacity book by 
browsing their source repos online.  It's not so bad cruising through sources, 
and it's better than bumping up against a black box. And sometimes you find 
cuss words.

Carla
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Carla Schroder
ace Linux nerd
author of Linux Cookbook,
Linux Networking Cookbook,
Book of Audacity
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