Bug#632798: libc6: broken LANGUAGE design
On 2011-07-07 18:46:38 -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > Now, if LANGUAGE is set in /etc/default/locale, this change may not
> > solve the problem due to:
> >
> > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=313317
>
> Wow. The upstream discussion went nowhere fast. Have you tried the
> patch, and does it work well?
No, I haven't tried it. My current workaround is to more or less force
the locales settings in my .zshenv (this is a bit more complex because
I share my config among various systems).
> > However, even if this ssh bug is fixed, in case LANGUAGE is not
> > defined on the ssh client's side, the system must not set it by
> > default in the user's back. So, in short, LANGUAGE should not be
> > set in /etc/default/locale.
>
> I am not sure I agree, even though I have my system set up locally
> not to define LANGUAGE. If ssh were to transmit it and let it
> override /etc/default/locale, wouldn't sending LANGUAGE="" work?
Only if LANGUAGE is set. But what about systems not based on glibc?
They could have a LANGUAGE environment variable with a different
meaning and setting LANGUAGE="" may have a bad effect.
I wish software used some form of namespace, e.g. GLIBC_LANGUAGE.
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