Re: output of 'locale'

[Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.org>]

On 2005-07-21 09:25:49 -0400, Steve Å wrote:
> The output of my locale;
> 
>     LANG=POSIX
>     LC_CTYPE=en_CA
>     LC_NUMERIC="POSIX"
>     LC_TIME="POSIX"
>     LC_COLLATE="POSIX"
>     LC_MONETARY="POSIX"
>     LC_MESSAGES="POSIX"
>     LC_PAPER="POSIX"
>     LC_NAME="POSIX"
>     LC_ADDRESS="POSIX"
>     LC_TELEPHONE="POSIX"
>     LC_MEASUREMENT="POSIX"
>     LC_IDENTIFICATION="POSIX"
>     LC_ALL=
> 
> Shouldn't my generated locale "en_CA" be in all the LC_* fields ?

No, it's just your choice, but the LC_CTYPE should also contain
the encoding (charset).

> I thought so, and after consulting this lists archives, found
> numerous threads suggesting one run 'dpkg-reconfigure locales'.

This changes the locales *installed* on your system, not the locales
you have chosen (on the user side).

> I've run this command (several times), and my locale output doesn't
> change from the above output. Any suggestions/comments ?

Modify your .bashrc or .zshenv depending on your shell...

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