also sprach nori heikkinen <nori@sccs.swarthmore.edu> [2002.01.11.0045 +0100]:
> > If the command is fixed, then you have to find a way to
> > run the file that contains LC_ALL when you start a new
> > shell (probably run it from your $HOME/.bashrc, or put
> > the commands directly in your $HOME/.bashrc, or put
> > them in $HOME/.bash_profile, or something).
>
> i had tried this before, but i was doing it along with about six
> thousand other modifications, so it hadn't worked, for some reason.
> now i've isolated the problem and tried running those export commands
> at the shell prompt again, and presto! problem solved. so, i stuck
> them straight in .zshenv, right at the end. beautiful; fixed!
> thanks!!
it's not in .zshrc/.bashrc on my systems, and i don't have the problem.
sure, you can stop here, but these things aren't in /etc/skel and thus
it can't be the right way to fix it.
out of curiosity (if you even want to pursue this further, ms.
going-to-be-a-responsible debian developer), have you tried
dpkg-reconfigure locales
?
> i wonder now why /etc/environment, even after it was modified to
> contain all those variable seetings, hadn't been overriding this, or
> at least obviating it ...
good point. after all: [1]
1. http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/aix/files/aixfiles/environment.htm
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