On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:56:43 +0200 Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+deb...@icfo.es> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 12:38:56 -0400, Celejar wrote: > > On Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:40:04 +0100 Bob Cox wrote: > > [...] > > > > Just a thought: you have anything in /etc/environment ? > > > > Very interesting; my /etc/environment contains: > > > > LANG="en_US.UTF-8" > > > > [I have no idea how that got there; I'm pretty sure I didn't enter it > > manually.] > > Is your system old enough so that the file could be a legacy from > previous runs of "dpkg-reconfigure locales"? Very possible; this install is more than two years old. > > When I comment out the line, the locale output under sudo -i > > is correct, with no extra quotes. > > AFAIK, /etc/environment is depreciated in favor of /etc/default/locale. > It seems that the new file automatically gets configured without the > problematic quotes around the locale names. Your problem suggests that > "sudo -i" still uses settings from /etc/environment, which might be a > bug. (I am not sure about the official Debian policy regarding > /etc/environment and /etc/default/locale.) So should I report this against sudo? Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
