On Sunday, 13 June 2021 18:10:46 BST Dr Rainer Woitok wrote: > Michael, > > On Sunday, 2021-06-13 16:16:37 +0100, you wrote: > > ... > > $ grep -i en_gb /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED > > en_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8 > > en_GB ISO-8859-1 > > Same here.
It would/should be the same with mine. Have you made sure: en_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8 is in your /etc/locale.gen and have you run locale-gen thereafter? > > ... > > $ eselect locale list > > > > Available targets for the LANG variable: > > [1] C > > [2] C.utf8 > > [3] POSIX > > > > [snip ... ] > > > > [7] en_GB > > [8] en_GB.iso88591 > > [9] en_GB.utf8 > > [10] en_US > > [11] en_US.iso88591 > > [12] en_US.utf8 > > [13] en_GB.UTF-8 * > > [ ] (free form) > > Now it's becoming really mysterious, right from the local horse's mouth: > > $ eselect locale list > Available targets for the LANG variable: > [1] C > [2] C.utf8 > [3] POSIX > [4] en_GB.utf8 * > [ ] (free form) > > So allegedly my only "available target" for English is the not (or no > longer) working "en_GB.utf8". Being slightly flabbergasted would be a > huge understatement ... :-/ > > Sincerely, > Rainer Yes, this looks odd, but I have not worked out how locale is sourced in detail. Have you added: LANG="en_GB.UTF-8" in your /etc/env.d/02locale for a system wide setting?
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