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diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog index a2efe0f02..44d8b99e4 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2010-03-05 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> + + * setup2.sgml (setup-env): Add cross reference to using-cygwinenv. + Change description for locale environment variables to comply with + changes in 1.7.2. + 2010-03-02 Charles Wilson <cygwin@cwilson.fastmail.fm> * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.2): Describe XDR support. diff --git a/winsup/doc/setup2.sgml b/winsup/doc/setup2.sgml index c2baad547..d4dd2da49 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/setup2.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/setup2.sgml @@ -25,12 +25,15 @@ DOS shell, before launching bash.</para> </screen> <para> +For all possible settings of the <envar>CYGWIN</envar> environment variable, +see <xref linkend="using-cygwinenv"></xref>. +</para> + +<para> Locale support is controlled by the <envar>LANG</envar> and -<envar>LC_xxx</envar> environment variables. You can set all of them -but Cygwin itself only honors the variables <envar>LC_ALL</envar>, -<envar>LC_CTYPE</envar>, and <envar>LANG</envar>, in this order, according -to the POSIX standard. The first one found rules. For a more detailed -description see <xref linkend="setup-locale"></xref>. +<envar>LC_xxx</envar> environment variables. Since Cygwin 1.7.2, all of +them are honored and have a meaning. For a more detailed description see +<xref linkend="setup-locale"></xref>. </para> <para> |