On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 03:30:31PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > It could be a documentation bug[*], but I'm not sure since Debian > scripts assume that LANGUAGE can be used alone. For instance, the > /etc/default/locale file generated by Debian contains: > > # File generated by update-locale > #LANG="en_US.UTF-8" > LANGUAGE="en_US:en" > > [*] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=311259 >
It's most probably a documentation issue, given this behaviour is actually wanted, according to this changelog entry: | 2001-01-02 Ulrich Drepper <drep...@redhat.com> | | * intl/dcigettext.c (guess_category_value): Rewrite so that LANGUAGE | value is ignored if the selected locale is the C locale. and this NEWS entry: | Version 2.2.1 | | * The LANGUAGE environment variable is now ignored unless the locale is | changed from the default "C" locale. -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 aurel...@aurel32.net http://www.aurel32.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-glibc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100914134215.gb28...@volta.aurel32.net