Bug#495494: marked as done (nl_langinfo() returns ANSI_X3.4-1968 instead of UTF-8)
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has caused the Debian Bug report #495494,
regarding nl_langinfo() returns ANSI_X3.4-1968 instead of UTF-8
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: libc6-i686
Version: 2.7-13
Severity: normal
Hello,
It seems my machine can't make up its mind as to what charset is being used.
Most things seem convinced that it is UTF-8:
$ grep -v ^# /etc/locale.gen | grep -v ^$
en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
$ grep -v ^# /etc/default/locale | grep -v ^$
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
$ locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE=C
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=
$ locale charmap
UTF-8
$ localedef --list-archive
en_US.utf8
However, nl_langinfo(CODESET) returns ANSI_X3.4-1968:
$ cat test.c
#include <stdio.h>
#include <langinfo.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
printf("%s\n", nl_langinfo(CODESET));
return 0;
}
$ gcc test.c -o test
$ ./test
ANSI_X3.4-1968
Why would nl_langinfo() be different than everything else and how can I
fix this? Note that the manpage specifies that it should return the same
string as `locale charmap` -- that is obviously not the case here.
Thanks,
--Joe
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages libc6-i686 depends on:
ii libc6 2.7-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 07:53:18PM -0400, Joe Nahmias wrote:
> Package: libc6-i686
> Version: 2.7-13
> Severity: normal
>
> Hello,
>
> It seems my machine can't make up its mind as to what charset is being used.
> Most things seem convinced that it is UTF-8:
>
> $ grep -v ^# /etc/locale.gen | grep -v ^$
> en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
> $ grep -v ^# /etc/default/locale | grep -v ^$
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> $ locale
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_COLLATE=C
> LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_ALL=
> $ locale charmap
> UTF-8
> $ localedef --list-archive
> en_US.utf8
>
>
> However, nl_langinfo(CODESET) returns ANSI_X3.4-1968:
>
>
> $ cat test.c
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <langinfo.h>
>
> int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> {
> printf("%s\n", nl_langinfo(CODESET));
> return 0;
> }
> $ gcc test.c -o test
> $ ./test
> ANSI_X3.4-1968
>
>
> Why would nl_langinfo() be different than everything else and how can I
> fix this? Note that the manpage specifies that it should return the same
> string as `locale charmap` -- that is obviously not the case here.
>
This is not a bug. On startup of the main program, the portable "C"
locale is selected as default. If you want to select the locale from the
environment, you should call setlocale(LC_ALL, ""); at the beginning of
the program.
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