So in this case it shoule be alright like this. The developer will have to take care to set its proper locale, but apart from that everything works.

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From: =?UTF-8?q?Jan=20Clau=C3=9Fen?= <jan.claussen10@web.de>
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2023 14:45:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] meta-oe: recipes-support: Add btop
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Adds btop, the shell-based resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes.
Signed-off-by: Jan Claußen <jan.claussen10@web.de>
---
meta-oe/recipes-support/btop/btop_1.2.13.bb | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 meta-oe/recipes-support/btop/btop_1.2.13.bb

diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/btop/btop_1.2.13.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/btop/btop_1.2.13.bb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a944fe7b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/btop/btop_1.2.13.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+SUMMARY = "Resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes."
+HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/aristocratos/btop"
+LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=3b83ef96387f14655fc854ddc3c6bd57"
+SECTION = "console/utils"
+
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/aristocratos/btop.git;protocol=https;branch=main"
+SRCREV = "9edbf27f1b6d5844a97325fcda732762ba086a99"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
+
+inherit cmake
+
+FILES:${PN} += " \
+ ${datadir}/icons \
+ ${datadir}/icons/hicolor \
+ ${datadir}/icons/hicolor/48x48 \
+ ${datadir}/icons/hicolor/scalable \
+ ${datadir}/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps \
+ ${datadir}/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/btop.png \
+ ${datadir}/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps \
+ ${datadir}/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/btop.svg \
+"
--
2.42.1

On Nov. 14 2023, at 9:43 pm, Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 12:38 PM Jan Claußen <jan.claussen10@web.de> wrote:
> >
> > So I have just tested btop on musl succesfully.
> >
>
> OK
> > I am questioning the need for the locales though. You can run btop with the --utf-force flag and it will work well. If you want to run it without this flag, you'll need to not only install the locales, but also add
> >
> > LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
> > LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> >
>
> yeah if it can work without it, that would be great
> > to /etc/profile as a minimum. This would force the user to use these locales. It would also require a .bbappend on base-files and I don't think that this is a good idea.
> >
> > On Nov. 12 2023, at 9:24 pm, Jan Claußen <jan.claussen10@web.de> wrote:
> >
> > How did you build it? I have sent you a PM on IRC
> >
> > On Nov. 12 2023, at 9:21 pm, Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 10:51 AM Jan Claußen <jan.claussen10@web.de> wrote:
> > >
> > > No, it is an issue I have with images for the Pi Zero. I haven't build anything for musl at all, although it would probably a good choice for the Pi Zero.
> > >
> > > I have no issues using Raspberry Pi OS or other distros btw, so the device is not the issue
> >
> > As one point I have pi0 running fine perhaps something has regressed
> > in meta-raspberrypi :( these things need TLC to keep going.
> >
> > > On Nov. 12 2023, at 7:49 pm, Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > hmm is that just seen with musl and works ok with glibc based images ?
> > >
> > > TCLIBC=musl bitbake core-image-base
> > >
> > > eg. will produce a musl based image which is expected to work
> > >
> > > On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 10:23 AM Jan Claußen <jan.claussen10@web.de> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Unfortunately I can't test it unless this gets solved (or I buy a different Raspberry Pi)
> > > >
> > > > https://github.com/agherzan/meta-raspberrypi/issues/1229
> > > >
> > > > On Nov. 12 2023, at 6:43 pm, Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > TCLIBC=musl bitbake <recipe>
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 9:24 AM Jan Claußen <jan.claussen10@web.de> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > How to test it against musl btw? Build a musl-based system for Raspberry Pi and see if it runs?
> > > > >
> > > > > On Nov. 12 2023, at 6:23 pm, Jan Claußen <jan.claussen10@web.de> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes, the CMake support was added two months ago and the release is from 2022. Cmake is also not supported by the main developer who seems to favor an advanced Makefile. In any case, it is easier to fix than the Makefile. I will go with the git version for now then until there is a new release.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Nov. 12 2023, at 6:20 pm, Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 8:25 AM Jan Claußen <jan.claussen10@web.de> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I am trying with the tarball but it is quite hard, since it doesn't come with a CMakeLists.txt.
> > > > > > There is a recipe here, but it involves a lot of patching which could potentially be painful to maintain
> > > > > >
> > > > > > https://github.com/aristocratos/btop/issues/330#issuecomment-1123685779
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > is it because cmake support was added later ? in that case maybe using
> > > > > git version is ok
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Nov. 11 2023, at 8:01 pm, Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Sat, Nov 11, 2023 at 10:38 AM Jan Claußen <jan.claussen10@web.de> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > It also needs a utf-8 locale to work. Else you have to force utf-8 mode with a flag. I haven't included this as dependency at this point.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > you want to express all that is needed to get it running amicably.
> > > > > > keeping in mind that we have glibc and musl based systems to service
> > > > > > it will be good to check it on musl too.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Nov. 11 2023, at 7:35 pm, Jan Claußen <jan.claussen10@web.de> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Glad that it arrived now! This is a really great resource monitor. It is building from the git repository. Do you think it is better to use the release instead?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Nov. 11 2023, at 7:30 pm, Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks for your contribution Jan
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Sat, Nov 11, 2023 at 10:26 AM Jan Claußen <jan.claussen10@web.de> wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > > > meta-oe/recipes-support/btop/btop_1.2.13.bb | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++
> > > > > > > > 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
> > > > > > > > create mode 100644 meta-oe/recipes-support/btop/btop_1.2.13.bb
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/btop/btop_1.2.13.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/btop/btop_1.2.13.bb
> > > > > > > > new file mode 100644
> > > > > > > > index 000000000..f780a993a
> > > > > > > > --- /dev/null
> > > > > > > > +++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/btop/btop_1.2.13.bb
> > > > > > > > @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
> > > > > > > > +SUMMARY = "Resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes."
> > > > > > > > +HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/aristocratos/btop"
> > > > > > > > +LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
> > > > > > > > +LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=3b83ef96387f14655fc854ddc3c6bd57"
> > > > > > > > +SECTION = "console/utils"
> > > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > > +SRC_URI = "git://github.com/aristocratos/btop.git;protocol=https;branch=main"
> > > > > > > > +SRCREV = "2a864f6f2ea60df16b3f015885eb3c18a48b9b78"
> > > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > > +S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
> > > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > > +inherit cmake
> > > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > > +FILES:${PN} += " \
> > > > > > > > + /usr/share/icons \
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Lets use ${datadir} instead of hardcoded /usr/share
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > + /usr/share/icons/hicolor \
> > > > > > > > + /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48 \
> > > > > > > > + /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable \
> > > > > > > > + /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps \
> > > > > > > > + /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/btop.png \
> > > > > > > > + /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps \
> > > > > > > > + /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/btop.svg \
> > > > > > > > +"
> > > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > > 2.42.0
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