Question #235416 on Epoptes changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/epoptes/+question/235416
Laércio de Sousa gave more information on the question: Another information: in openSUSE there's a file named /etc/profile.d/lang.sh, with the content below. It references another openSUSE-specific config file named /etc/sysconfig/language, whose relevant part is the setting RC_LANG="my locale", which is used by other programs to set LANG. # # lang.sh: Set interactive language environment # # Used configuration files: # # /etc/sysconfig/language # $HOME/.i18n # # # Already done by the remote SSH side # test -z "$SSH_SENDS_LOCALE" || return # # Already done by the GDM # test -z "$GDM_LANG" || return # # Get the system and after that the users configuration # if test -s /etc/sysconfig/language ; then while read line ; do case "$line" in \#*|"") continue ;; RC_*) eval ${line#RC_} ;; ROOT_USES_LANG*) eval $line test "$UID" != 0 && ROOT_USES_LANG=yes ;; esac done < /etc/sysconfig/language fi test -s $HOME/.i18n && . $HOME/.i18n # # Handle all LC and the LANG variable # for lc in LANG LC_CTYPE LC_NUMERIC LC_TIME \ LC_COLLATE LC_MONETARY LC_MESSAGES \ LC_PAPER LC_NAME LC_ADDRESS \ LC_TELEPHONE LC_MEASUREMENT \ LC_IDENTIFICATION LC_ALL do eval val="\$$lc" if test "$ROOT_USES_LANG" = "yes" ; then if test -z "$val" ; then eval unset $lc else eval $lc=\$val eval export $lc fi elif test "$ROOT_USES_LANG" = "ctype" ; then test "$lc" = "LANG" && continue if test "$lc" = "LC_CTYPE" ; then LC_CTYPE=$LANG LANG=POSIX export LANG LC_CTYPE else eval unset $lc fi else if test "$lc" = "LANG" ; then LANG=POSIX export LANG else eval unset $lc fi fi done # # Special LC_ALL handling because the LC_ALL # overwrites all LC but not the LANG variable # if test -n "$LC_ALL" -a "$LC_ALL" != "$LANG" ; then export LC_ALL else unset LC_ALL fi unset line ROOT_USES_LANG lc val # # end of lang.sh -- You received this question notification because you are a member of Epoptes Developers, which is an answer contact for Epoptes. -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~epoptes Post to : epoptes@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~epoptes More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp