Le 13/09/2011 16:53, Colin Watson a écrit : > On Sun, Sep 04, 2011 at 05:01:07PM +0000, Aurelien Jarno wrote: >> Modified: >> glibc-package/trunk/debian/changelog >> glibc-package/trunk/debian/patches/localedata/locale-C.diff >> Log: >> * debian/patches/localedata/locale-C.diff: Don't include ISO14651 >> collation rules in C.UTF-8 locale. > > I'm curious what the reason for this was. It seems to be implicated in > this apt crash in Ubuntu: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/848907 > > (apt didn't change in the relevant time period; eglibc seems to be the > only other reasonable suspect.) > > I can reproduce the same crash in Debian unstable, with: > > sudo LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 apt-get update > > Now, Michael thinks that this is probably an apt bug too, and he's > working on fixing it; but I'm curious as to the rationale for this > change, since I don't know how many other packages might be affected by > similar problems, and what would go wrong if we backed it out?
Yes similar problems have already been reported. This change has been done as a C locale should not have a collation order. Unfortunately it seems not easy to create such a locale, so the current plan is to drop the C.UTF-8 locale until a solution is found. -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 [email protected] http://www.aurel32.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
