On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 11:56:39AM +0900, GOTO Masanori wrote: > At Thu, 30 Sep 2004 22:38:04 +0200, > Adeodato Sim? wrote: [...] > > though it should *never* modify it, one would expect *at* *least*, for > > it to remain untouched if the answer to "default_environment_locale" > > is "None" (which is my case). currently is not the case: with "None" > > as an answer, the LANG seting in $EE gets deleted. > > > > quoting Michael Tokarev in #274208: > > > > [...] debconf database is only a cache for configuration questions, > > and should NOT be used to STORE the config info, which, if needed, > > should be retrieved from actual config files [...] during upgrade. > > Yeah, it seems we should improve this issue for /etc/environment. > > "None" means "I don't want to set LANG variable to /etc/environment". > > In this case, I think adding "Don't touch /etc/environment" entry is > appropriate like "Don't touch keymap" in console related package (I > forgot the actual package name, but I guess you know it). In > addition, "None" is vague name - I propose it as "Don't set LANG" and > so on.
No, locales.config parses this file in order to catch user's settings. I can see two reasons why this could fail: a. locales.config is unable to parse /etc/environment. b. The selected locale is not listed in SUPPORTED. About (a), the format of /etc/environment is mostly unspecified, so it is not worth trying to fix this parsing, the right solution is to let the locales package handle its own configuration file. About (b), I am not sure how to best fix it, but this bugreport should then be retitled. Denis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
