Norbert Preining <prein...@logic.at> writes: >> that my user had set. But it still seems like a bug that postinst fails >> if the system doesn't have a certain locale. Or maybe I'm viewing this >> incorrectly? > > Yes, you do ;-) > > Certain programs, in this case luatex, require correct locale setup to > work. It would be nice if we could detect these problems beforehand and > warn the user with a clear message, but also this is non-trivial. > > If the locale are incorrectly setup, there is not much to do but fail. > > Think about: You could configure to set your shell to > /bin/IamNotThereBash > and it would of course create a lot of problems. Maintainer scripts > cannot work around all possible misconfiguration of a system.
Fair enough - you've convinved me :-) But should this bug remain open, with lowered severity and a better title and description, to document this fact for users? Unless there's already a bug covering this matter. Thanks for the help. Best, Gard
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