On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Bruce Hill <da...@happypenguincomputers.com> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 05, 2013 at 02:53:11PM -0400, Mike Gilbert wrote: >> 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 > > Without looking, shouldn't that be /etc/env.d/02locale ?
Yes. Or /etc/locale.conf if you're on systemd.
