On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 04:26:08PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Denis Barbier wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 01:47:25PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > > Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > > > So I'm not sure if it should be reassigned, or just closed. The > > > > problem is hidden with the two fixes, and the last real is probably > > > > already reported against slang. The behaviour of the locales package > > > > is not obviously a bug, so I am reluctant to report it. > > > > > > I belive this is a bug. I can't think of a good reason to set LANG=C in > > > /etc/environment. > > > > The locales/default_environment_locale question asks whether a locale > > should be the default for the whole system. If answer is None, > > /etc/environment is untouched, otherwise LANG=$locale is added into > > this file. Are there suggestions to make it better? > > It makes sense for locales other than C, but not for C. Maybe C should > not be included in the list.
Yes, I just submitted a patch in #210350. > Then if only the C locale is selected, the > question will not be displayed, and "None" will go through to the > postinst which will not modify /etc/environment. > > (As an aside, locales also adds a blank line at the top of > /etc/environment before the LANG line if that file is empty. And if I > select a default locale from the list, then reconfigure it again and > choose None, it does not remove my old selection from /etc/environment.) Oh right, I am going to file another BR. Denis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
