On Mon, Aug 24, 2026 at 02:52:11PM +0100, Taylor R Campbell wrote:
> > b) do something about LANG=C in pkgsrc/mk
>
> I suggest we set LC_CTYPE to a UTF-8 locale in EXTRACT_ENV for these
> packages, if not also in ALL_ENV and/or likewise in all packages.
>
> Previously discussed on tech-pkg@ in 2022, leading us to set
> EXTRACT_ENV+= LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 in all packages on NetBSD<=8:
>
> https://mail-index.NetBSD.org/tech-pkg/2022/05/05/msg026252.html
> https://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-changes/2022/05/21/msg254803.html
>
> For NetBSD>=10, we can use C.UTF-8 instead of en_US.UTF-8 (though if
> it's only for LC_CTYPE, using en_US.UTF-8 won't hurt, distressingly
> angloyankocentric though that may be).
I'm testing the attached diff - so far it looks good, I'll commit it
once my bulk build is done.
Thomas
Index: platform/NetBSD.mk
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pkgsrc/mk/platform/NetBSD.mk,v
retrieving revision 1.89
diff -u -r1.89 NetBSD.mk
--- platform/NetBSD.mk 9 Jan 2026 15:59:38 -0000 1.89
+++ platform/NetBSD.mk 24 Aug 2026 18:23:24 -0000
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@
# pax-as-tar, found on <=8, and optionally later, fails on many archives.
EXTRACT_USING?= bsdtar
-.if ${OPSYS_VERSION} < 090000
+.if ${OPSYS_VERSION} < 100000
EXTRACT_ENV+= LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
+.else
+EXTRACT_ENV+= LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8
.endif
USERADD?= /usr/sbin/useradd
