Re: Does "LC_ALL=C" work on all shells?
On 14/02/2024 23:11, Franco Martelli wrote:
Well, I'll go with env command syntax for shells portability. I was
asking this because I want to suggest a change to the DDP (Debian
Documentation Project) members for the releases notes documentation ¹
# env LC_ALL=C script -t 2>~/upgrade-bookwormstep.time -a
~/upgrade-bookwormstep.script
Perhaps LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 is safer. At least several years ago some python
scripts (unrelated to Debian upgrade however) failed trying to log e.g.
non-ascii file paths, etc.
I would reset LANGUAGE as well otherwise some programs may use localized
messages.
Finally, some users might have LC_ALL (despite it is not recommended) or
LANGUAGE set in a file like ~/.bashrc. That is why the following
approach may be more reliable. Run commands within the "script" session
LANG=C.UTF-8; LANGUAGE=; export LANG LANGUAGE
with a note concerning csh. To affect messages generated by shell
itself, "export" is separated from setting of the variables.
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