On Sun, Jan 18, 2026 at 12:11:11PM +0100, Bruno Haible wrote: > Patrice Dumas wrote: > > > On Debian 13 GNU/Hurd x86_64 I see 4 test failures: > > > > > > FAIL: test_scripts/formatting_documentlanguage_cmdline.sh > > > FAIL: test_scripts/layout_formatting_fr.sh > > > FAIL: test_scripts/layout_formatting_fr_info.sh > > > FAIL: test_scripts/layout_formatting_fr_icons.sh > > > > I setup a VM and could not reproduce these failures. One possible issue > > could be that there are no locales at all in your host, maybe? > > Oh, indeed: In my VM, there is no French locale. > > $ locale -a > C > C.utf8 > POSIX > > I guess the desired outcome in this situation is that the 4 tests get > SKIPed, not FAIL ? > > Bruno
In a way, they are valid failures, as it shows that translation of document strings won't work. texi2any needs a locale other than C, C.UTF-8 or POSIX to translate document strings when outputting in languages other than English. (It does not have be a French locale to translate to French - any locale, like en_US.UTF-8, would do.)
