Re: Does "LC_ALL=C" work on all shells?

[Gremlin <scott-andrews@columbus.rr.com>]

On 2/13/24 21:22, Max Nikulin wrote:
> On 14/02/2024 07:56, Gremlin wrote:
> > > > Gremlin (12024-02-13):
> > > > > cat /etc/default/locale
> > > > > #  File generated by update-locale
> > > > > LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> > > > > LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
> >
> > Found this in a shell script:
> >
> > LC_ALL=$LOC LANG=$LOC LANGUAGE=$LOC update-locale LANG=$LOC 
> > LC_ALL=$LOC LANGUAGE=$LOC
>
> Do not do it for LANGUAGE, it should obey another conventions
>
>      LANGUAGE=en_US:en
>
> Its value is a list of languages, not a locale. This variable may affect 
> messages generated by some applications, especially GUI ones, even when 
> LC_ALL is set.


I get your point but I didn't do it, git blame others.

This is from a script installed by a package that does a
dpkg-reconfigure locales to set the locale on the machine.

BTW where is LANGUAGE defined in the "standards/conventions"?