Re: understanding how localization works in Debian

2016-12-13 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 01:45:52AM +0200, Martin T wrote: > On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 3:47 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > For a more detailed look at #3, see > > https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/gettext.html > thank you for reply! I do understand that LC_* and LANG variables can > come fro

Re: understanding how localization works in Debian

2016-12-12 Thread Martin T
On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 3:47 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 01:58:12PM +0200, Martin T wrote: >> 1) pam_env.so sets the environmental variables seen in the output of >> locale command based on configuration files(for example >> /etc/default/locale) when user logs in > > Maybe,

Re: understanding how localization works in Debian

2016-12-12 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 01:58:12PM +0200, Martin T wrote: > 1) pam_env.so sets the environmental variables seen in the output of > locale command based on configuration files(for example > /etc/default/locale) when user logs in Maybe, maybe not. The LC_* and LANG variables can come from many diff

understanding how localization works in Debian

2016-12-12 Thread Martin T
Hi, I read the "Configuring the System for Another Language" paragraph in "The Debian Administrator's Handbook" and am I correct that localization works in a way that: 1) pam_env.so sets the environmental variables seen in the output of locale command based on configuration files(for example /etc