Bug#591334: libc6: LANGUAGE not taken into account unless LC_MESSAGES is set
Package: libc6
Version: 2.11.2-2
Severity: normal
The LANGUAGE environment variable isn't taken into account for
translations, unless LC_MESSAGES is set. Here's an example:
ypig% unset LC_MESSAGES
ypig% LANGUAGE=fr_FR:fr cp
cp: missing file operand
Try `cp --help' for more information.
ypig% LANGUAGE=fr_FR:fr LC_MESSAGES=en_US.ISO8859-1 cp
cp: opérande fichier manquant
Saisissez « cp --help » pour plus d'informations.
Note that I've chosen to set LC_MESSAGES to English to show that
LANGUAGE has the precedence, as documented. The bug is that the
LC_MESSAGES environment variable must be set, even though its
language isn't used. The value of LC_MESSAGES has some importance,
though. With POSIX or C, I still get English messages:
ypig% LANGUAGE=fr_FR:fr LC_MESSAGES=POSIX cp
cp: missing file operand
Try `cp --help' for more information.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO8859-1 (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages libc6 depends on:
ii libc-bin 2.11.2-2 Embedded GNU C Library: Binaries
ii libgcc1 1:4.4.4-7 GCC support library
libc6 recommends no packages.
Versions of packages libc6 suggests:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.33 Debian configuration management sy
ii glibc-doc 2.11.2-2 Embedded GNU C Library: Documentat
ii locales 2.11.2-2 Embedded GNU C Library: National L
-- debconf information excluded
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