Solaris 7 3/99 Release Notes (Intel Platform Edition)

Not All Locales Supported Outside of Entire Metacluster (4181942)

All locales are supported only in the Entire Distribution metacluster. Subsets of these locales are supported in the Developer, End User, and Core metaclusters.

If you select a locale at the beginning of the installation that is not supported by the metacluster that you choose to install later in the installation on the metacluster selection screen, the following occur:

For Desktop editions of the Solaris 7 3/99 operating environment, the Web Start installer installs the End User metacluster. For Server editions of the Solaris 7 3/99 operating environment, Web Start installs the Entire metacluster. You can change the defaults by selecting a Custom installation.

The following is the list of locales supported by each metacluster:

Table 2-1 Entire
 Language Description
ar

Egypt - English (ISO-8859-6) 

he

Israel - English (ISO-8859-8) 

he_IL

Israel - English (ISO-8859-8) 

th_TH

Thailand - English (TIS 620.2533) 

bg_BG

Bulgarian (ISO 8859-5)  

cz

Czech Republic 

da

Denmark  

da.ISO8859-15

Denmark (ISO8859-15) 

de

German  

de.ISO8859-15

Euro German (ISO8859-15)  

de.UTF-8

German (UTF-8) 

de_AT

Austria  

de_AT.ISO8859-15

Austria (ISO8859-15) 

de_CH

Switzerland 

el

Greece 

en_AU

Australia - English (ISO-8859-1) 

en_CA

Canada - English (ISO-8859-1)  

en_EU.ISO8859-15

Euro English (ISO8859-15)  

en_EU.UTF-8

Euro English (UTF-8)  

en_GB

GB - English (ISO-8859-1)  

en_GB.ISO8859-15

GB - English (ISO-8859-15)  

en_IE

Ireland - English (8 bit)  

en_IE.ISO8859-15

Ireland (ISO8859-15)  

en_NZ

New Zealand - English (8 bit)  

en_US

USA - English (ISO-8859-1)  

en_US.UTF-8

USA - English (UTF-8)  

es

Spanish  

es.ISO8859-15

Euro Spanish (ISO8859-15)  

es.UTF-8

Spanish (UTF-8)  

es_AR

Argentina 

es_BO

Bolivia  

es_CL

Chile  

es_CO

Colombia  

es_CR

Costa Rica  

es_EC

Ecuador 

es_GT

Guatemala 

es_MX

Mexico 

es_NI

Nicaragua 

es_PA

Panama 

es_PE

Peru 

es_PY

Paraguay 

es_SV

El Salvador  

es_UY

Uruguay 

es_VE

Venezuela 

et

Estonia  

fi

Finland 

fi.ISO8859-15

Finland (ISO8859-15) 

fr

French 

fr.ISO8859-15

Euro French (ISO8859-15)  

fr.UTF-8

French (UTF-8)  

fr_BE

Belgium 

fr_BE.ISO8859-15

Belgium (ISO8859-15) 

fr_CA

Canada  

fr_CH

Switzerland 

hr_HR

Croatian (ISO 8859-2)  

hu

Hungary 

it

Italian 

it.ISO8859-15

Euro Italian (ISO8859-15)  

it.UTF-8

Euro Italion (UTF-8)  

lt

Lithuania 

lv

Latvia  

mk_MK

Macedonian (ISO 8859-5)  

nl

Netherlands 

nl.ISO8859-15

Netherlands (ISO8859-15)  

nl_BE

Netherlands/Belgium 

nl_BE.ISO8859-15

Netherlands/Belgium (ISO8859-15) 

no

Norway  

no_NY

Nynorsk  

nr

Bosnian (ISO 8859-2)  

pl

Poland  

pt

Portugal  

pt.ISO8859-15

Portugal (ISO8859-15) 

pt_BR

Portugal/Brazil 

ro_RO

Romanian (ISO 8859-2)  

ru

Russia 

sk_SK

Slovak (ISO 8859-2)  

sl_SI

Slovene (ISO 8859-2)  

sq_AL

Albanian (ISO 8859-2)  

sr_SP

Serbian (ISO 8859-5)  

sv

Swedish  

sv.ISO8859-15

Euro Swedish (ISO8859-15)  

sv.UTF-8

Swedish (UTF-8)  

tr

Turkey  

Table 2-2 Developer
 Language Description
th_TH

Thailand - English (TIS 620.2533) 

da

Denmark  

de

German  

de.ISO8859-15

Euro German (ISO8859-15)  

el

Greece 

en_AU

Australia - English (ISO-8859-1) 

en_CA

Canada - English (ISO-8859-1)  

en_EU.ISO8859-15

Euro English (ISO8859-15)  

en_EU.UTF-8

Euro English (UTF-8)  

en_GB

GB - English (ISO-8859-1)  

en_GB.ISO8859-15

GB - English (ISO-8859-15)  

en_US

USA - English (ISO-8859-1)  

en_US.UTF-8

USA - English (UTF-8)  

es

Spanish  

es.ISO8859-15

Euro Spanish (ISO8859-15)  

es_AR

Argentina 

es_BO

Bolivia  

es_CL

Chile  

es_CO

Colombia  

es_CR

Costa Rica  

es_EC

Ecuador 

es_GT

Guatemala 

es_MX

Mexico 

es_NI

Nicaragua 

es_PA

Panama 

es_PE

Peru 

es_PY

Paraguay 

es_SV

El Salvador  

es_UY

Uruguay 

es_VE

Venezuela 

fr

French 

fr.ISO8859-15

Euro French (ISO8859-15)  

it

Italian 

it.ISO8859-15

Euro Italian (ISO8859-15)  

sv

Swedish  

sv.ISO8859-15

Euro Swedish (ISO8859-15)  

tr

Turkey  

Table 2-3 End User
 Language Description
da

Denmark  

de

German  

de.ISO8859-15

Euro German (ISO8859-15)  

el

Greece 

en_AU

Australia - English (ISO-8859-1) 

en_CA

Canada - English (ISO-8859-1)  

en_EU.ISO8859-15

Euro English (ISO8859-15)  

en_EU.UTF-8

Euro English (UTF-8)  

en_GB

GB - English (ISO-8859-1)  

en_GB.ISO8859-15

GB - English (ISO-8859-15)  

en_US

USA - English (ISO-8859-1)  

es

Spanish  

es.ISO8859-15

Euro Spanish (ISO8859-15)  

es_AR

Argentina 

es_BO

Bolivia  

es_CL

Chile  

es_CO

Colombia  

es_CR

Costa Rica  

es_EC

Ecuador 

es_GT

Guatemala 

es_MX

Mexico 

es_NI

Nicaragua 

es_PA

Panama 

es_PE

Peru 

es_PY

Paraguay 

es_SV

El Salvador  

es_UY

Uruguay 

es_VE

Venezuela 

fr

French 

fr.ISO8859-15

Euro French (ISO8859-15)  

it

Italian 

it.ISO8859-15

Euro Italian (ISO8859-15)  

sv

Swedish  

sv.ISO8859-15

Euro Swedish (ISO8859-15)  

tr

Turkey  

Table 2-4 Core
 Language Description
ar

Egypt - English (ISO-8859-6) 

he

Israel - English (ISO-8859-8) 

he_IL

Israel - English (ISO-8859-8) 

bg_BG

Bulgarian (ISO 8859-5)  

cz

Czech Republic 

da

Denmark  

da.ISO8859-15

Denmark (ISO8859-15) 

de

German  

de.ISO8859-15

Euro German (ISO8859-15)  

de.UTF-8

German (UTF-8) 

de_AT

Austria  

de_AT.ISO8859-15

Austria (ISO8859-15) 

de_CH

Switzerland 

el

Greece 

en_AU

Australia - English (ISO-8859-1) 

en_CA

Canada - English (ISO-8859-1)  

en_EU.ISO8859-15

Euro English (ISO8859-15)  

en_EU.UTF-8

Euro English (UTF-8)  

en_GB

GB - English (ISO-8859-1)  

en_GB.ISO8859-15

GB - English (ISO-8859-15)  

en_IE

Ireland - English (8 bit)  

en_IE.ISO8859-15

Ireland (ISO8859-15)  

en_NZ

New Zealand - English (8 bit)  

en_US

USA - English (ISO-8859-1)  

es

Spanish  

es.ISO8859-15

Euro Spanish (ISO8859-15)  

es.UTF-8

Spanish (UTF-8)  

es_AR

Argentina 

es_BO

Bolivia  

es_CL

Chile  

es_CO

Colombia  

es_CR

Costa Rica  

es_EC

Ecuador 

es_GT

Guatemala 

es_MX

Mexico 

es_NI

Nicaragua 

es_PA

Panama 

es_PE

Peru 

es_PY

Paraguay 

es_SV

El Salvador  

es_UY

Uruguay 

es_VE

Venezuela 

et

Estonia  

fi

Finland 

fi.ISO8859-15

Finland (ISO8859-15) 

fr

French 

fr.ISO8859-15

Euro French (ISO8859-15)  

fr.UTF-8

French (UTF-8)  

fr_BE

Belgium 

fr_BE.ISO8859-15

Belgium (ISO8859-15) 

fr_CA

Canada  

fr_CH

Switzerland 

hr_HR

Croatian (ISO 8859-2)  

hu

Hungary 

it

Italian 

it.ISO8859-15

Euro Italian (ISO8859-15)  

it.UTF-8

Euro Italion (UTF-8)  

lt

Lithuania 

lv

Latvia  

mk_MK

Macedonian (ISO 8859-5)  

nl

Netherlands 

nl.ISO8859-15

Netherlands (ISO8859-15)  

nl_BE

Netherlands/Belgium 

nl_BE.ISO8859-15

Netherlands/Belgium (ISO8859-15) 

no

Norway  

no_NY

Nynorsk  

nr

Bosnian (ISO 8859-2)  

pl

Poland  

pt

Portugal  

pt.ISO8859-15

Portugal (ISO8859-15) 

pt_BR

Portugal/Brazil 

ro_RO

Romanian (ISO 8859-2)  

ru

Russia 

sk_SK

Slovak (ISO 8859-2)  

sl_SI

Slovene (ISO 8859-2)  

sq_AL

Albanian (ISO 8859-2)  

sr_SP

Serbian (ISO 8859-5)  

sv

Swedish  

sv.ISO8859-15

Euro Swedish (ISO8859-15)  

sv.UTF-8

Swedish (UTF-8)  

tr

Turkey  

Workaround: To prevent the problem, install the metacluster that contains the desired locale.

To repair an existing installation, in the /etc/default/init file change the references to the unsupported locale to reference a supported locale for the installed metacluster.