Solaris 9 (SPARC Platform Edition) Release Notes

Localization Bugs

AltGraph-E Does Not Produce Euro Character in en_US.UTF-8 Locale (4633549)

In the en_US.UTF-8 locale, you cannot input the Euro character by simultaneously pressing the AltGraph and E keys.

Workaround: Choose one of the following workarounds.

Shift-U Does Not Work as Expected in Arabic Locales (4303879)

To generate the diacritic character in Arabic locales, type the Arabic character, then Shift-U.

Sorting in the European UTF-8 Locales Does Not Function Correctly (4307314)

Sorting in the European UTF-8 locales does not work properly.

Workaround: Before you attempt to sort in a FIGGS UTF-8 locale, set the LC_COLLATE variable to the ISO-1 equivalent.


# echo $LC_COLLATE
>  es_ES.UTF-8
# LC_COLLATE=es_ES.IS08859-1
# export LC_COLLATE
Then start sorting.

Smartcard and Secure Shell Applications Are Not Fully Localized (4304495, 4680353)

Some parts of the Smartcard and Secure Shell applications are not localized, and cannot be fully translated.