On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 06:36:37PM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: > I think this is what we should expect under UTF-8 encoding:
> Console and daemon should run under: > --> For en_* and all non-latain character countrues: > en_US.UTF-8 > --> For non-english latain character countries may choose: > *.UTF-8 (Fr, De, It,...) but I think en_US.UTF-8 is OK too. > Then X applications should run under locale: > *.UTF-8 > I see 2 critical files: > /etc/environment > /etc/default/locale > I think changing as following will help: > | atd:auth required pam_env.so > | cron:auth required pam_env.so > | gdm:auth required pam_env.so read_env=1 > | gdm:auth required pam_env.so read_env=1 > envfile=/etc/default/locale > | gdm-autologin:auth required pam_env.so read_env=1 > | gdm-autologin:auth required pam_env.so read_env=1 > envfile=/etc/default/locale > | login:session required pam_env.so readenv=1 > | ssh:auth required pam_env.so # [1] > | ssh:# auth required pam_env.so envfile=/etc/default/locale > | su:session required pam_env.so readenv=1 > /etc/environment LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > /etc/default/locale LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8 > This way we use /etc/default/locale for GDM while others use default > /etc/environment. (Thanks to recent bug #361090 fix which some people > oppose and reopened bug.) No, this is inappropriate. The reason /etc/default/locale was split from /etc/environment is because /etc/environment is always intended to be used by (and owned by) PAM, but /etc/default/locale is intended as a general-purpose file, guaranteed to be parseable as a simple shell assignment, that tells applications what the "system" locale is. If there is a need for a different "system" locale between the console and X, then some other method would need to be devised. Please do not attempt to overload the existing files for this. Thanks, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
