On 2020-11-23 13:49:23, Joey Hess wrote:
> Antoine Beaupré wrote:
>> --- a/etckeeper
>> +++ b/etckeeper
>> @@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ fi
>> if [ ! -z "$AVOID_SPECIAL_FILE_WARNING" ]; then
>> export AVOID_SPECIAL_FILE_WARNING
>> fi
>> +if [ -z "$LANG" ]; then
>> + # Default to UTF8 encoding, if unset
>> + export LANG=C.UTF-8
>> +fi
>
> That is rather problimatic, bear in mind that etckeeper can run things
> like interactive git commits and editors, which could be translated.
>
> Also, LANG only influences sort order when LC_COLLATE is not set.
>
> I guess my commit 4bc7ebe6d29d83df9b86e1be64e696d4d2a70947 upstream
> probably fixes whatever this was trying to fix in a better way, although
> it's hard to be sure without an explanation of what the actual problem
> was.
>
>> # Make sure sort always sorts in same order.
>> -LANG=C
>> +LANG=C.UTF-8
>
> Why would it matter whether it handles unicode characters or not, if the
> point is sort stability?
Those are all good questions, which would be better directed at the
original patch author.
In other words, I have no idea. :)
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