On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 09:33:12PM -0500, X Strike Force SVN Repository Admin wrote: > Author: branden > Date: 2004-12-02 21:33:10 -0500 (Thu, 02 Dec 2004) > New Revision: 2040 > > Modified: > trunk/debian/TODO > Log: > Defer item to -10 per discussion with Fabio. > > > Modified: trunk/debian/TODO > =================================================================== > --- trunk/debian/TODO 2004-12-02 13:27:52 UTC (rev 2039) > +++ trunk/debian/TODO 2004-12-03 02:33:10 UTC (rev 2040) > @@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ > 4.3.0.dfsg.1-9 > -------------- > > +* Add Debian-specific patch to uxterm to call validlocale(8) before trying to > + launch xterm, per recommendation from Recai Oktas. If a valid locale isn't > + set, bail out (would resolve #246398). (This patch would be > Debian-specific > + because validlocale is a Perl utility provided by base-config.)
validlocale is useful to generate the missing locale, but there are simpler alternatives here, e.g. test if LC_ALL=$locale locale charmap 2>/dev/null returns UTF-8. Denis
