> Actually gdm should be bugged, and already is see #265101. As far as I'm > concerned, it should source /etc/environment (that's where the installation > system will drop the default system locale for logins) but the maintainer is > against it (see #265101 or a previous, closed, bug #133578 or, even, > http://lists.debian.org/debian-glibc/2004/debian-glibc-200401/msg00278.html). And this actually is a real big Pain in the ass, I have to say.
Maybe the maintainer of gdm has arguments against a default setting in /etc/environment, which I respect, but this is currently the bloody way we use for all other bloody software and gdm is the only piece of crap that doesn't follow this, dammit.:-) This forced Konstantinos to do some magic in localization-cofnig just to avoid a non localized gdm at the end of fully localized installs, for instance (remind that GDM is what we get by default on Debian installs) l-c then sets /etc/default/gdm with the appropriate LANG setting.... Imagine if all software do the same thing....:-| > PS: The bottom line is that we need consensus on how the language should be > set system-wide, some are against using /etc/environment as they say it's PAM > specific but other distributions (like Red Hat) use a global configuration > file for all the localisation in the system, including initscripts. Up to now, it seems that the unwritten consensus is using /etc/environment. First of all, because this is what do the locales and belocs-locales packages when keeping information of a default locale. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
