linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] time locale in gen_initramfs

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Date:	Wed, 9 May 2007 17:09:26 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...-evry.fr>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] time locale in gen_initramfs_list.sh

On Tue, 8 May 2007 07:55:26 +0200
Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...-evry.fr> wrote:

> I noticed that some zsh users who forced their ls formatting to something non 
> standard could not generate the initramfs file list. Forcing the locale to C 
> while generating seems not to be enough. Adding --time-style=locale will use 
> C locale ls output and will let them generate the initramfs list. It has no 
> side effects for other users.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...-evry.fr>
> --
> 
> 
> [time_locale.patch  text/plain (761B)]
> diff --git a/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh b/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
> index 683eb12..1f96b9b 100644
> --- a/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
> +++ b/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
> @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ parse() {
>  			str="${ftype} ${name} ${location} ${str}"
>  			;;
>  		"nod")
> -			local dev=`LC_ALL=C ls -l "${location}"`
> +			local dev=`LC_ALL=C ls --time-style=locale -l "${location}"`
>  			local maj=`field 5 ${dev}`
>  			local min=`field 6 ${dev}`
>  			maj=${maj%,}
> @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ parse() {
>  			str="${ftype} ${name} ${str} ${dev} ${maj} ${min}"
>  			;;
>  		"slink")
> -			local target=`field 11 $(LC_ALL=C ls -l "${location}")`
> +			local target=`field 11 $(LC_ALL=C ls --time-style=locale -l "${location}")`
>  			str="${ftype} ${name} ${target} ${str}"
>  			;;

hm, --time-style sounds rather gnu-specific and perhaps we'd rather not
add that requirement.  Or perhaps we already require gnu ls, dunno.

I'll dump the problem in Sam's lap ;)
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