Re: Bug#495494: marked as done (nl_langinfo() returns ANSI_X3.4-1968 instead of UTF-8)

[Mikko Ahonen <mikko.ahonen@grupposoftware.com>]

Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> 
>> 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.
> 

I encountered the same problem today. The problem for me was that I did not
have locales package installed. setlocale() failed but the program did not
check the return value.

Best regards,

Mikko Ahonen
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