On Friday 11 July 2003 03:16, Sam Halliday wrote: > Marc Wilson wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 05:27:56PM +0100, Sam Halliday wrote: > > > i have LANG=en and LC_ALL=POSIX > > > > Well, then the LANG setting is meaningless and POSIX rules all. > > Unless you have a *very* good reason to use LC_ALL, *never* use it. > > It overrides EVERYTHING. > > i dont think it does >
yes, it does. Marc is right here. unset the LC_* and the build should start working. And if you set LC_ALL, there is no need to set any of the other LC_?? items. > > and setting LC_ALL to POSIX is about the most sane thing you can do; > otherwise what is everything set to? if something breaks under POSIX, > then its most likely gonna break under a whole lot of other things. > POSIX === C locale. You are right, almost all software works there. However you are compiling a program with NLS support. Under the C locale it does not know anything about other languages, different bits, etc. So the compilation gets confused. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] List archives: http://asgardsrealm.net/lurker/splash/index.html Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
