Bug#408029: openssh-server: /etc/default/locale takes precedence over SendEnv

[Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>]

Package: openssh-server
Version: 1:4.3p2-8
Severity: normal

Hi,

Let's consider the following situation: A has LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
in /etc/default/locale, and B has LANG=fr_FR.ISO-8859-15 in
/etc/default/locale. Both have SendEnv/AcceptEnv LANG LC_*. The result
is:

A$ locale charmap
UTF-8
A$ ssh B
B$ locale charmap
ISO-8859-15

Which of course brings a lot of buggy printings.  So it looks like
/etc/default/locale takes precedence over SendEnv/AcceptEnv LANG
with unfortunate effects.  Shouldn't that be the contrary? (so that
/etc/default/locale really be a _default_).

Samuel

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.19
Locale: LANG=fr_FR@euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages openssh-server depends on:
ii  adduser  3.101                           Add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf  1.5.11                          Debian configuration management sy
ii  dpkg     1.13.25                         package maintenance system for Deb
ii  libc6    2.3.6.ds1-8                     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcomer 1.39+1.40-WIP-2006.11.14+dfsg-1 common error description library
ii  libkrb53 1.4.4-6                         MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii  libpam-m 0.79-4                          Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam-r 0.79-4                          Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g 0.79-4                          Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libselin 1.32-3                          SELinux shared libraries
ii  libssl0. 0.9.8c-4                        SSL shared libraries
ii  libwrap0 7.6.dbs-12                      Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  openssh- 1:4.3p2-8                       Secure shell client, an rlogin/rsh
ii  zlib1g   1:1.2.3-13                      compression library - runtime

openssh-server recommends no packages.

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Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
* c is away : cuisine; bouffe
<y> oh, moi je fais plutôt cuisine & bouffe en fait :)
<c> oui c'est vrai, certains font cuisine && bouffe (juste au cas où... ;-))
<y> ( cuisine && bouffe ) || restau
<N> voire ((cuisine && bouffe) || restau) & apéritif
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