Deprecate the old locale names.

diff --git a/gettext-runtime/intl/ChangeLog b/gettext-runtime/intl/ChangeLog
index dc08aec41808829a3da7482fa5b51bd4f1bc0c70..ffdadcddda52b3ce34f4d8e087a0110ec53aa02e 100644 (file)
--- a/gettext-runtime/intl/ChangeLog
+++ b/gettext-runtime/intl/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-10-28  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
+
+       * locale.alias: Add note that this file should never be depended on.
+
 2007-10-27  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
        * Makefile.in (libintl.la): Use @LTLIBC@ instead of -lc. Needed on

diff --git a/gettext-runtime/intl/locale.alias b/gettext-runtime/intl/locale.alias
index faa696918eafb83a2858e0d4f841832723f0ddab..1044a40c703d0de46077889cfcd3e9f610ae5e54 100644 (file)
--- a/gettext-runtime/intl/locale.alias
+++ b/gettext-runtime/intl/locale.alias
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Locale name alias data base.
-# Copyright (C) 1996-2001,2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1996-2001,2003,2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published
@@ -22,10 +22,9 @@
 # A single line contains two fields: an alias and a substitution value.
 # All entries are case independent.
 
-# Note: This file is far from being complete.  If you have a value for
-# your own site which you think might be useful for others too, share
-# it with the rest of us.  Send it using the `glibcbug' script to
-# bugs@gnu.org.
+# Note: This file is obsolete and is kept around for the time being for
+# backward compatibility.  Nobody should rely on the names defined here.
+# Locales should always be specified by their full name.
 
 # Packages using this file: