Workaround: run:
env LC_ALL=C LANGUAGE= ubuntu-support-status
or
env LANGUAGE=en ubuntu-support-status
So it appears that the LANGUAGE=... variable takes precedence over LANG
and LC_* although it's not a GUI application, and of course, ubuntu-
support-status does not have a man page where this
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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Same for a German Ubuntu 16.04 LTS install and an installation pre-set
to German, and it appears that the locale configuration is ignored - in
the following situation, the output should be in English.
$ LC_MESSAGES=C ubuntu-support-status
Zusammenfassung der Unterstützung für 'somehost':
Sie
This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.
A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1556386
** Tags added: iso-testing
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Title:
ubuntu-support-status crashed with UnicodeEncodeError in __main__:
ascii codec can
