Package: libc6 Version: 2.13-10 Severity: normal The current LANGUAGE design is broken. Here an example:
ypig% locale LANG=POSIX LANGUAGE= LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO8859-1 LC_NUMERIC="POSIX" LC_TIME=en_DK LC_COLLATE=POSIX LC_MONETARY="POSIX" LC_MESSAGES=fr_FR LC_PAPER="POSIX" LC_NAME="POSIX" LC_ADDRESS="POSIX" LC_TELEPHONE="POSIX" LC_MEASUREMENT="POSIX" LC_IDENTIFICATION="POSIX" LC_ALL= ypig% cp cp: opérande fichier manquant Saisissez « cp --help » pour plus d'informations. ypig% ssh localhost locale Connected to ypig (from ::1) LANG=POSIX LANGUAGE=en_US:en LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO8859-1 LC_NUMERIC="POSIX" LC_TIME=en_DK LC_COLLATE=POSIX LC_MONETARY="POSIX" LC_MESSAGES=fr_FR LC_PAPER="POSIX" LC_NAME="POSIX" LC_ADDRESS="POSIX" LC_TELEPHONE="POSIX" LC_MEASUREMENT="POSIX" LC_IDENTIFICATION="POSIX" LC_ALL= ypig% ssh localhost cp Connected to ypig (from ::1) cp: missing file operand Try `cp --help' for more information. The problem is that the system sets LANGUAGE in the user's back, so that the standard user's choice (LC_MESSAGES=fr_FR) is no longer taken into account. The best solution would be to make the standard locale system override LANGUAGE, which could just be used as a fallback. Said otherwise, it is equivalent to internally prepend the current LC_MESSAGES setting (possibly coming from LANG or LC_ALL) to the LANGUAGE value. Alternatively the system that sets LANGUAGE could be smarter (but it's difficult to know what the user expects, in particular if SSH doesn't transmit LANGUAGE). -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.39-2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO8859-1 (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages libc6 depends on: ii libc-bin 2.13-10 Embedded GNU C Library: Binaries ii libgcc1 1:4.6.1-2 GCC support library libc6 recommends no packages. Versions of packages libc6 suggests: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.40 Debian configuration management sy ii glibc-doc 2.13-10 Embedded GNU C Library: Documentat ii locales 2.13-10 Embedded GNU C Library: National L -- debconf information: glibc/upgrade: true glibc/disable-screensaver: glibc/restart-failed: * glibc/restart-services: exim4 cups cron atd apache2 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-glibc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110706005459.ga1...@ypig.lip.ens-lyon.fr
