Re: slink's dpkg

[Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es>]

On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, Bob Hilliard wrote:

>      Raphael Hertzog <rhertzog@hrnet.fr> writes:
> :      dpkg does not handle locales properly.  If you use locales, you
> : must set LC_ALL=C before upgrading, otherwise dpkg may break during
> : the upgrade.
> 
>      If you wish to comment, please do so quickly, as the procedure
> for getting manual changes installed in the archives is not quick.

Quick comment: I think LANG has precedence over LC_ALL.

I agree that writing this in the release notes is much better than
nothing.

Thanks.

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