Bug#352967: x11-apps: manpage should be fixed or maybe -twentyfour should set the locale to C

[Tobias Diedrich <ranma+debianbts@tdiedrich.de>]

Package: x11-apps
Version: 7.4+1
Severity: normal

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I just noticed the same problem as http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=352967.
The manpage states
      -twentyfour
               This option indicates that a digital clock should  display  the
               time  in  twenty-four  hour format.  This is the default when a
               digital clock is used.
But that seems to only work with the 'C' locale.

I think either the manpage should indicate that this will be overridden by locale stettings for locales != 'C' or maybe the code should override the locale if '-twelve' or '-twentyfour' is specified.

HTH

- -- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30.4 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages x11-apps depends on:
ii  cpp                           4:4.3.3-9  The GNU C preprocessor (cpp)
ii  libc6                         2.9-12     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libpng12-0                    1.2.37-1   PNG library - runtime
ii  libsm6                        2:1.1.0-2  X11 Session Management library
ii  libx11-6                      2:1.2.1-1  X11 client-side library
ii  libxaw7                       2:1.0.5-2  X11 Athena Widget library
ii  libxcursor1                   1:1.1.9-1  X cursor management library
ii  libxext6                      2:1.0.4-1  X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxft2                       2.1.13-3   FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxkbfile1                   1:1.0.5-1  X11 keyboard file manipulation lib
ii  libxmu6                       2:1.0.4-1  X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii  libxmuu1                      2:1.0.4-1  X11 miscellaneous micro-utility li
ii  libxrender1                   1:0.9.4-2  X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  libxt6                        1:1.0.5-3  X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii  x11-common                    1:7.3+19   X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc

x11-apps recommends no packages.

Versions of packages x11-apps suggests:
ii  mesa-utils                    7.0.3-7    Miscellaneous Mesa GL utilities

- -- no debconf information

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