Bug#522776: debian-policy: mandate existence of a standardised UTF-8 locale

To: Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de>, 522776@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#522776: debian-policy: mandate existence of a standardised UTF-8 locale
From: Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org>
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 00:44:53 +0200
Message-id: <[🔎] 20100902224453.GA29905@const.famille.thibault.fr>
Reply-to: Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org>, 522776@bugs.debian.org
In-reply-to: <20090406120655.27815.2545.reportbug@lenny.mirbsd.org>
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Hello,

No news on this?

Hurd's console needs a UTF-8 locale to be able to use wcwidth() for
proper double-width support.

Note: debian-installer is already providing a C.UTF-8 locale to d-i
components, so it works there.

Samuel

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