[Bug localedata/5464] New: hp-greek8 not supported

[Bug localedata/5464] New: hp-greek8 not supported

[sean at mess dot org]

HP-UX has a character set greek8 which is not compatible with ISO-8859-7. I
don't know why iconv thinks that greek8 and iso-8869-7 are compatible; possibly
this is referring to another encoding. ICU has the same "issue".

In light of this I would propose the name HP-GREEK8.

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           Summary: hp-greek8 not supported
           Product: glibc
           Version: unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: localedata
        AssignedTo: libc-locales at sources dot redhat dot com
        ReportedBy: sean at mess dot org
                CC: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com


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[Bug localedata/5464] hp-greek8 not supported

[sean at mess dot org]

------- Additional Comments From sean at mess dot org  2007-12-09 20:35 -------
Created an attachment (id=2130)
 --> (http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=2130&action=view)
charmap of hpux greek8 encoding


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[Bug localedata/5464] hp-greek8 not supported

[drepper at redhat dot com]

------- Additional Comments From drepper at redhat dot com  2007-12-10 15:27 -------
Where did you get this information?  Without reference I have no reason to trust
the information.

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[Bug localedata/5464] hp-greek8 not supported

[sean at mess dot org]

------- Additional Comments From sean at mess dot org  2007-12-10 18:09 -------
This is generated on an HP-UX machine.

1) 
/* l.c */
#include <stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
        int i;

        for (i=32; i<256; i++)
                printf("%02x: %c\n", i, (char)i);

        return 0;
}

2) HP-UX iconv cannot convert greek8 to utf8 directly.

./l | iconv -f gree8 -t iso897 | iconv -f iso897 -t utf8 > greek8-utf8.txt

3) Then converted the output file to the format described. Names are taken from
unicode NamesList.txt. A little python script came in helpful.

4) Also manually compared to greek8.cm (charmap) from HP-UX,
/usr/lib/nls/loc/charmaps/greek8.cm

Note greek8 is an obsolete encoding:

http://docs.hp.com/en/5971-2270/ch03s01.html
http://docs.hp.com/en/5971-2270/ch08s11.html

I've just found a picture of the character set as well:

http://docs.hp.com/en/32650-90207/apa.html

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[Bug localedata/5464] hp-greek8 not supported

[drepper at redhat dot com]

------- Additional Comments From drepper at redhat dot com  2007-12-12 08:00 -------
I verified the data myself.  The trunk has the new module.

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