On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 04:22:23PM -0700, peasthope@cablelan.net wrote: > Someone please have a look at this > page and section of the Installation Guide. > > "http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/index.html.en#id2534334"; > > "C.4.4.A Configure The Base System > > Now you've got a real Debian system, though rather lean, on disk. Chroot into it: > # LANG= chroot /mnt/debinst /bin/bash" > > Is the LANG= a typographical error? > If not, please explain the semantics. > If so, please tell me what package a bug report should cite. > It is not a bug. It simply clears the $LANG environment variable before going into the chroot. The chroot has a very bare base system, without any locales installed. If your own system's default locale is set to anything but C, lots of programs in the chroot will complain. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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