Public bug reported: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS, and Ubuntu 17.10.
16.04$ apt-cache policy bsdmainutils bsdmainutils: Installed: 9.0.6ubuntu3 Candidate: 9.0.6ubuntu3 Version table: *** 9.0.6ubuntu3 500 500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 17.10$ apt-cache policy bsdmainutils bsdmainutils: Installed: 9.0.12+nmu1ubuntu1 Candidate: 9.0.12+nmu1ubuntu1 Version table: *** 9.0.12+nmu1ubuntu1 500 500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ==================== Expected: With the en_GB.utf8 locale, cal should start on Monday. ==================== Observed behaviour: cal fails to observe locale, always starting weeks on Sunday. $ LC_ALL=en_GB.utf8 cal February 2018 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 $ LC_ALL=en_US.utf8 cal February 2018 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ==================== For comparison, ncal behaves correctly: $ LC_ALL=en_GB.utf8 ncal February 2018 Mo 5 12 19 26 Tu 6 13 20 27 We 7 14 21 28 Th 1 8 15 22 Fr 2 9 16 23 Sa 3 10 17 24 Su 4 11 18 25 $ LC_ALL=en_US.utf8 ncal February 2018 Su 4 11 18 25 Mo 5 12 19 26 Tu 6 13 20 27 We 7 14 21 28 Th 1 8 15 22 Fr 2 9 16 23 Sa 3 10 17 24 ** Affects: bsdmainutils (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1747076 Title: Cal ignores LC_ALL=en_GB.utf8 and starts week on Sunday To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bsdmainutils/+bug/1747076/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs