I'm quite sure setting it in a conffile loaded by --configfile works. It doesn't in the standard /etc/pbuilderrc and .pbuilderrc.
On Sun, 17 Oct 2021, 7:51 pm Jessica Clarke, <1947...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > And re being "a serious limitation", I agree it's less than ideal, but > it should not be an issue for any policy-conforming package, for which > not building under the non-UTF-8 C locale is RC-buggy. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to > pbuilder in Ubuntu. > Matching subscriptions: pbuilder > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1947424 > > Title: > Cannot set pbuilder build locale > > Status in pbuilder package in Ubuntu: > New > > Bug description: > The build locale cannot be set with pbuilder and always defaults to > "C" (for both LANG and LC_ALL on Launchpad builds) rather than to > "C.UTF-8" as used by sbuild for all official Debian and Ubuntu builds. > This causes FTBFS of various packages that depend on the correct > locale being set on the build system, often noticeable with the test > suites of Python packages for instance. > > The attached patch changes only five lines of code (pbuilder- > buildpackage and pbuilderrc) to allow easy setting of the pbuilder > build locale. Based on local testing the patch works as intended, in > that packages depending on the correct locale which FTBFS using > unpatched pbuilder (yet build successfully with sbuild on Launchpad) > now also build successfully with the local patched pbuilder. Please > consider applying the patch. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pbuilder/+bug/1947424/+subscriptions > > Launchpad-Notification-Type: bug > Launchpad-Bug: distribution=ubuntu; sourcepackage=pbuilder; > component=universe; status=New; importance=Wishlist; assignee=None; > Launchpad-Bug-Tags: patch > Launchpad-Bug-Information-Type: Public > Launchpad-Bug-Private: no > Launchpad-Bug-Security-Vulnerability: no > Launchpad-Bug-Commenters: crichton jrtc27 mapreri savoury1 > Launchpad-Bug-Reporter: Rob Savoury (savoury1) > Launchpad-Bug-Modifier: Jessica Clarke (jrtc27) > Launchpad-Message-Rationale: Subscriber (pbuilder in Ubuntu) > Launchpad-Message-For: mapreri > Launchpad-Subscription: pbuilder > > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1947424 Title: Cannot set pbuilder build locale To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pbuilder/+bug/1947424/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs