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2012-02-17 Dwayne Grant McConnell <decimal@us.ibm.com>
[BZ #174]
* manual/locale.texi (setlocale): Document LOCPATH.
2012-02-17 Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>
[BZ #10210]

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* The following bugs are resolved with this release:
350, 411, 3335, 4026, 4822, 5805, 6884, 9902, 10140, 10210, 11494, 12047,
13525, 13526, 13527, 13528, 13529, 13530, 13531, 13532, 13533, 13547,
13551, 13552, 13553, 13555, 13559, 13583, 13618
174, 350, 411, 3335, 4026, 4822, 5805, 6884, 9902, 10140, 10210, 11494,
12047, 13525, 13526, 13527, 13528, 13529, 13530, 13531, 13532, 13533,
13547, 13551, 13552, 13553, 13555, 13559, 13583, 13618
* ISO C11 support:

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manual/locale.texi
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pointer and leaves the current locale unchanged.
@end deftypefun
The path used for finding locale data can be set using the
@code{LOCPATH} environment variable. The default path for finding
locale data is system specific. It is computed from the value given
as the prefix while configuring the C library. This value normally is
@file{/usr} or @file{/}. For the former the complete path is:
@smallexample
/usr/lib/locale
@end smallexample
Here is an example showing how you might use @code{setlocale} to
temporarily switch to a new locale.