A repertoire map defines mappings between symbolic character names and
Unicode code points when compiling a locale with
.BR localedef (1).
-Using a repertoire map is optional, it is only needed when symbolic
+Using a repertoire map is optional, it is needed only when symbolic
names are used instead of now preferred Unicode code points.
.SS Syntax
The repertoiremap file starts with a header that may consist of the
.BR charmap (5),
.BR locale (5)
.SH COLOPHON
-This page is part of release 3.78 of the Linux
+This page is part of release 3.79 of the Linux
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project.
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