Bug#684134: Package 'locales' resets pre-set debconf variable 'default_environment_locale' on install
Package: locales
Version: 2.11.3-3
Severity: normal
I set debconf variable 'default_environment_locale' to desired value before installing package 'locales'. But that variable resets to 'None' on install. And LANG variable doesn't set in the /etc/default/locale
Such behavior breaks automated installation with chef or other systems.
Log follows (skipped perl warnings and other insignificant output):
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# apt-get purge -y locales
# echo 'locales locales/default_environment_locale select en_US.UTF-8' |debconf-set-selections
# echo 'locales locales/locales_to_be_generated multiselect en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8, ru_RU.UTF-8 UTF-8' |debconf-set-selections
# debconf-get-selections |grep ^locales
locales locales/default_environment_locale select en_US.UTF-8
locales locales/locales_to_be_generated multiselect en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8, ru_RU.UTF-8 UTF-8
# apt-get install -y locales
# debconf-get-selections |grep ^locales
locales locales/default_environment_locale select None
locales locales/locales_to_be_generated multiselect en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8, ru_RU.UTF-8 UTF-8
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-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.5
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages locales depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.36.1 Debian configuration management sy
ii libc6 [glibc-2.11-1] 2.11.3-3 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
locales recommends no packages.
locales suggests no packages.
-- debconf information:
* locales/default_environment_locale: None
* locales/locales_to_be_generated: en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8, ru_RU.UTF-8 UTF-8
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