Bug#364490: 'dpkg-reconfigure locales' does not update /etc/environment

To: Gary V <lists@johnmecham.com>, 364490@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#364490: 'dpkg-reconfigure locales' does not update /etc/environment
From: Denis Barbier <barbier@linuxfr.org>
Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 01:55:11 +0200
Message-id: <[🔎] 20060502235511.GD13239@linuxfr.org>
Reply-to: Denis Barbier <barbier@linuxfr.org>, 364490@bugs.debian.org
In-reply-to: <968029821.20060423122336@johnmecham.com>
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On Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 12:23:36PM -0600, Gary V wrote:
> Package: locales
> Version: 2.3.6-7
> 
> I thought answering the prompt: "Default locale for the system environment:"
> would change the LANG variable in /etc/environment as it appears to
> do in version 2.3.5-6 which I have installed in another (Sarge)
> machine. Using the 2.3.6-7 version, I can't see that it ever touches the file.

Hi,

due to a packaging bug, this change is explained in 
  /usr/share/doc/locales/NEWS.Debian/locales.NEWS.Debian
instead of
  /usr/share/doc/locales/NEWS.Debian
and is thus not displayed by apt-listchanges, it will be fixed by
the next upload.  Does this file contain enough information?

Denis

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