On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 2:25 PM, Chris Stankevitz <chrisstankev...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I am using svn to update a repository. Somebody added files to the > repository with weird characters in the filename. SVN refuses to > update the respository unless I first: > > export LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 > > I don't know or really care what that mumbo jumbo means, but I would > like an answer to this question: > > Is my gentoo system properly setup? If not, what step did I miss that > is causing svn to want me to export LC_CTYPE? > > I suspect either my gentoo system is messed up or svn is messed up. >
Sparing you the details as requested: In general, you want to be using a locale that ends with ".UTF-8" to avoid encoding issues with software like python and subversion. The handbook documents setting a system-wide default locale. You generally do this by setting the LANG variable in /etc/conf.d/02locale. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=1&chap=8#doc_chap3_sect3
