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[gnulib.git] / lib / config.charset

diff --git a/lib/config.charset b/lib/config.charset
index cd1999a..83f0b79 100755 (executable)
--- a/lib/config.charset
+++ b/lib/config.charset
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # The current list of GNU canonical charset names is as follows.
 #
 #       name                         used by which systems         a MIME name?
-#   ASCII                     glibc solaris
+#   ASCII, ANSI_X3.4-1968     glibc solaris
 #   ISO-8859-1                glibc aix hpux irix osf solaris           yes
 #   ISO-8859-2                glibc aix hpux irix solaris               yes
 #   ISO-8859-4                solaris                                   yes
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@
 # Note: Names which are not marked as being a MIME name should not be used in
 # Internet protocols for information interchange (mail, news, etc.).
 #
+# Note: ASCII and ANSI_X3.4-1968 are synonymous canonical names. Applications
+# must understand both names and treat them as equivalent.
+#
 # The first argument passed to this file is the canonical host specification,
 #    CPU_TYPE-MANUFACTURER-OPERATING_SYSTEM
 # or
@@ -82,13 +85,16 @@ os=`echo "$host" | sed -e 's/^[^-]*-[^-]*-\(.*\)$/\1/'`
 echo "# This file contains a table of character encoding aliases,"
 echo "# suitable for operating system '${os}'."
 echo "# It was automatically generated from config.charset."
+# List of references, updated during installation:
+echo "# Packages using this file: "
 case "$os" in
     linux* | *-gnu*)
-       # With glibc we don't need any canonicalization, because glibc
-       # supports all GNU canonical names directly.
-       echo "ANSI_X3.4-1968 ASCII" # this is a nop
-       echo "ISO_646.IRV:1983 ASCII" # this is a nop
-       echo "BALTIC ISO-8859-13" # in glibc-2.2 or newer, this is a nop
+       # With glibc-2.1 or newer, we don't need any canonicalization,
+       # because glibc has iconv and both glibc and libiconv support all
+       # GNU canonical names directly. Therefore, the Makefile does not
+       # need to install the alias file at all.
+       # The following applies only to glibc-2.0.x and older libcs.
+       echo "ISO_646.IRV:1983 ASCII"
        ;;
     aix*)
        echo "ISO8859-1 ISO-8859-1"