Package: util-linux
Version: 2.38.1-5+b1
Severity: minor
Tags: l10n
X-Debbugs-Cc: boruch_b...@gmx.com
Dear Maintainer,
I have two locales installed on my system, with the contents of
/etc/default/locale as follows:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_ADDRESS=en_US.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION=en_US.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8
LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8
LC_NAME=en_US.UTF-8
LC_NUMERIC=en_US.UTF-8
LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8
LC_TELEPHONE=en_US.UTF-8
LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
Ever since upgrading to bookworm, the su command asks for a password
in the language of one of the alternate locales, ie. not English.
Note 1: This can be remediated by replacing prefacing the command with
LC_ALL=posix or LC_ALL=C LC_ALL="garbage-variable-contents"
LC_ALL=posix su -
Note 2: Prefacing the command with LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 does NOT fix the
issue.
Note 3: No other tested util-linux commands display a similar bug.
Note 4: Only one other command seems to have a similar bug, and it can
be remediated the same way: vlc.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.1
APT prefers stable-security
APT policy: (680, 'stable-security'), (660, 'stable-updates'), (650,
'stable'), (500, 'oldstable-security'), (450, 'testing'), (400, 'oldstable'),
(300, 'oldoldstable'), (200, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-23-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_CRAP, TAINT_OOT_MODULE,
TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL
set to en_US.UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:he:en_US.UTF-8
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages util-linux depends on:
ii libblkid1 2.38.1-5+b1
ii libc6 2.36-9+deb12u3
ii libcap-ng0 0.8.3-1+b3
ii libcrypt1 1:4.4.33-2
ii libmount1 2.38.1-5+b1
ii libpam0g 1.5.2-6
ii libselinux1 3.4-1+b6
ii libsmartcols1 2.38.1-5+b1
ii libsystemd0 252.12-1~deb12u1
ii libtinfo6 6.4-4
ii libudev1 252.12-1~deb12u1
ii libuuid1 2.38.1-5+b1
ii util-linux-extra 2.38.1-5+b1
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.13.dfsg-1
Versions of packages util-linux recommends:
ii sensible-utils 0.0.17+nmu1
Versions of packages util-linux suggests:
ii dosfstools 4.2-1
ii kbd 2.5.1-1+b1
ii util-linux-locales 2.38.1-5
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