Package: locales Version: 2.3.6.ds1-13etch4 Since 2002, the Euro is the national currency in Portugal. As such, the decimal point symbol was changed from '$' to ','. The mon_decimal_point should be changed for the pt_PT locales. belocs-locales 2.4-2.1 shares the same mistake. In short: WRONG: %LANG=pt_PT locale mon_decimal_point $ CORRECT: %LANG=pt_PT locale mon_decimal_point , -- Gustavo Laboreiro