[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Bug#272136: countrychooser: db_go fails when choosing Arabic as language



Christian Perrier wrote:
> This bug may be reproduced on any sid_d-i ISO image.
> 
> When choosing Arabic as language, the screen flickers instead of displaying
> countrychooser first screen. Then this screen is displayed, however it is
> displayed in English.
> 
> Tracking down this bug, I found that countrychooser postinst fails at the db_go call
> in the state machine:
> 
>    if db_go; then
>       STATE=$(($STATE + 1))
>       
> This makes the debian-installer script fail...It is then restarted by init,
> but the environment then lacks the LANG variable, so countrychooser postinst
> is displayed in English and the whole installer then continues in English.
> 
> This seems related to the display of the Arabic screen, with country names
> in Arabic.
> 
> This does not happen in RC1....in which the country names were not
> translated to Arabic because of incomplete iso-codes translation.
> 
> I suspect some nasty thing related to Arabic display in these conditions but
> I have no idea how to track this down.

This sounds similar to the also unexplained #256405.

-- 
see shy jo

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: Digital signature


Reply to: