Package: locales Version: 2.3.2-7 Severity: normal i try to configure debian to UTF-8 so i run dpkg-reconfigure locales and select [EMAIL PROTECTED]
but dpkg-reconfigure don't create new locales in /usr/share/locale/[EMAIL PROTECTED] dpkg-reconfigure use local-gen script which use localedef command: localedef -i $input -c -f $charset -A /etc/locale.alias $locale this command don't work because using '-A /etc/locale.alias' option why this option???, there is no -A option in 'man localdef' and the little help in 'localedef --help' is not really clear. so i don't know what action localdef is doing with this option and why locales package do not update this file (and the /usr/lib/X11/locale/locale.alias) by the default locale selected. in my /etc/locale.alias, there is: french fr_FR.ISO-8859-1 and it's false thanks sylvain - -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux bredele 2.4.18-686 #1 Sun Apr 14 11:32:47 EST 2002 i686 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Versions of packages locales depends on: ii debconf 1.3.14 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 [glibc-2.3.2-7] 2.3.2-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an -- debconf information: * locales/default_environment_locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * locales/locales_to_be_generated: [EMAIL PROTECTED] UTF-8 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

