Found: 2.13-1 On 2015-04-09 15:08, Vincent Danjean wrote: > Package: locales > Version: 2.19-17 > Severity: serious > Tags: patch > Justification: valid administator configuration is lost on upgrade > > Hi, > > The current debconf script for the 'locales' package does not allow to > choose the C.UTF-8 locale. Moreover, if an administrator write this valid > value for the LANG variable in /etc/default/locale, the value will be > overwritten as soon as the 'locales' package is reconfigurated. > If I correctly follow the logic of the config script, one goal is to ensure > that the chosen value is correct (i.e. supported). So, the current value > is not always put in the debconf proposed list.
Indeed that is correct. > However, the C.UTF-8 value is valid (as are C and POSIX but I'm less sure > of their value). C and POSIX are already taken into account by the "None" choice, that is the C or POSIX locale is the one selected when not set. > So, either the C.UTF-8 value (and perhaps C and POSIX) should be proposed > when selecting the default environment locale, or, at very least, the config > script must allow to keep it when it has manually be put into > /etc/default/locale by the administrator. Note (and especially for the release managers) that this behaviour is already the one from wheezy. This is therefore not a regression and therefore not a reason to delay the release of Jessie. I have updated the version accordingly. > If you want to always allow this value, the current patch is enough: > =============== > --- locales.config 2015-03-14 10:30:53.000000000 +0100 > +++ /tmp/locales.config 2015-04-09 15:05:40.257852467 +0200 > @@ -547,9 +547,12 @@ > fi > DEFAULT_LOCALES="$(echo $RET | sed -e 's/ [^ ]*,/,/g' -e 's/ [^ > ]*$//')" > if [ -n "$DEFAULT_LOCALES" ]; then > - db_subst locales/default_environment_locale locales > $DEFAULT_LOCALES > - db_input medium locales/default_environment_locale || true > + DEFAULT_LOCALES="C, C.UTF-8, POSIX, $DEFAULT_LOCALES" > + else > + DEFAULT_LOCALES="C, C.UTF-8, POSIX" > fi > + db_subst locales/default_environment_locale locales $DEFAULT_LOCALES > + db_input medium locales/default_environment_locale || true > ;; > *) > break > =============== > Feel free to adjust the list of always supported locales (ie C and POSIX) > > If you want to only allow the C, C.UTF-8, and POSIX locales when they > have been manually set up (so they do not show up on default install), I > can provide an updated patch. Just tell me. I think the correct way is to modify the template to always allow C.UTF-8 (as is always provide) like it's done for the "None" locale. I will do some tests and prepare an upload. -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 4096R/1DDD8C9B aurel...@aurel32.net http://www.aurel32.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
