On 2011-07-07 18:46:38 -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > Now, if LANGUAGE is set in /etc/default/locale, this change may not > > solve the problem due to: > > > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=313317 > > Wow. The upstream discussion went nowhere fast. Have you tried the > patch, and does it work well?
No, I haven't tried it. My current workaround is to more or less force the locales settings in my .zshenv (this is a bit more complex because I share my config among various systems). > > However, even if this ssh bug is fixed, in case LANGUAGE is not > > defined on the ssh client's side, the system must not set it by > > default in the user's back. So, in short, LANGUAGE should not be > > set in /etc/default/locale. > > I am not sure I agree, even though I have my system set up locally > not to define LANGUAGE. If ssh were to transmit it and let it > override /etc/default/locale, wouldn't sending LANGUAGE="" work? Only if LANGUAGE is set. But what about systems not based on glibc? They could have a LANGUAGE environment variable with a different meaning and setting LANGUAGE="" may have a bad effect. I wish software used some form of namespace, e.g. GLIBC_LANGUAGE. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arénaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org