Solaris 7 (SPARC Platform Edition) Installation Library

New User Locales

Solaris software already supports most of the European locales and with this release has focused on expanding its support for the Eastern European, Thai, and the Middle Eastern regions. New user locales in the Solaris 7 operating environment are listed in the following tables.

Table 3-1 New and Changed User Locales

Region 

Locale Name 

ISO Code Set 

Comments 

Albania 

sq_AL

8859-2 

Bosnia 

nr

8859-2 

Bulgaria 

bg_BG

8859-5 

Croatia 

hr_HR

8859-2 

Estonia 

et

8859-15 

The default codeset has been changed to ISO 8859-15 from ISO 8859-1.  

Finland  

su changed to fi

-- 

Changed to comply with ISO standards 

France 

fr.UTF-8

UTF-8 

 

Germany 

de.UTF-8

UTF-8 

Israel 

he

8859-8 

 

Italy 

it.UTF-8

UTF-8 

 

Latvia 

lt

8859-13 

The default codeset has been changed to ISO 8859-4 from ISO 8859-13.  

Lithuania 

lv

8859-13 

The default codeset has been changed to ISO 8859-4 from ISO 8859-13.  

Macedonia 

mk_MK

8859-5 

 

Norway 

no_NY

8859-1 

 

Romania 

ro_RO

8859-2 

 

Russia 

ru

KOI-8 

The default codeset has been changed to KOI-8 from ISO 8859-5. The ISO8859-5 based Russian locale will still be available as ru. The new locale will be ru.K0I8-R.

Saudi Arabia 

ar

8859-6 

Serbia 

sr_SP

8859-5 

 

Slovakia 

sl_SK

8859-2 

 

Slovenia 

sl_SI

8859-2 

 

Spain 

es.UTF-8

UTF-8 

 

Sweden 

sv.UTF-8

UTF-8 

 

Thailand 

th_TH

TIS 620-2533 

 

United Kingdom 

en_UK changed to en_GB

 

Changed to comply with ISO standards 

Table 3-2 New User Locales To Support the Euro Currency

Region 

Locale Name 

ISO Code Set 

Austria 

de_AT.ISO8859-15

8859-15 

Belgium 

fr_BE.ISO8859-15

8859-15 

Denmark 

da.ISO8859-15

8859-15 

Finland 

fi.ISO8859-15

8859-15 

France 

fr.ISO8859-15

8859-15 

Germany 

de.ISO8859-15

8859-15 

Greece 

el.sun_eu_greek

8859-7 (modified) 

Ireland 

en_IE.ISO8859-15

8859-15 

Italy 

it.ISO8859-15

8859-15 

Netherlands 

nl.ISO8859-15

8859-15 

Portugal 

pt.ISO8859-15

8859-15 

   

Spain 

es.ISO8859-15

8859-15 

Sweden 

sv.ISO8859-15

8859-15 

United Kingdom 

en_GB.ISO8859-15

8859-15 

Europe 

en_EU.ISO8859-15

8859-15