* 2024-02-15 21:17:44+0100, Franco Martelli wrote: > Doesn't LC_ALL=C setting override LANG or LANGUAGE settings?
LC_ALL overrides LC_* variables. It's easy to test:
$ locale
LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=fi
LC_CTYPE="fi_FI.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="fi_FI.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="fi_FI.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="fi_FI.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="fi_FI.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES=C
LC_PAPER="fi_FI.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="fi_FI.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="fi_FI.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="fi_FI.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="fi_FI.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="fi_FI.UTF-8"
$ LC_ALL=C locale
LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=fi
LC_CTYPE="C"
LC_NUMERIC="C"
LC_TIME="C"
LC_COLLATE="C"
LC_MONETARY="C"
LC_MESSAGES="C"
LC_PAPER="C"
LC_NAME="C"
LC_ADDRESS="C"
LC_TELEPHONE="C"
LC_MEASUREMENT="C"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="C"
LC_ALL=C
$ LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 locale
LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=fi
LC_CTYPE="C.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="C.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="C.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="C.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="C.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="C.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="C.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="C.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="C.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="C.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="C.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="C.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
In my opinion it's often too much to set LC_ALL=C because it changes
charset to ASCII (LC_CTYPE).
To change programs' output messages to English LC_MESSAGES=C is often
enough. Sometimes LC_TIME and LC_NUMERIC are required too.
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