Bug#497072: freecol: uses finnish menu texts even when only LC_CTYPE=fi_FI is set

[Timo Juhani Lindfors]

Jens Seidel <jensseidel at users.sf.net> writes:
> Is LC_CTYPE and similar really expected to work? This is true for
> gettext based localisation (written in C, probably other language
> bindings are compatible) but not for others!??
>
>> ii  java-wrappers             0.1.6          wrappers for java executables
>> ii  libhiglayout-java         1.0-4          An easy-to-use layout manager for 
>> ii  libwoodstox-java          1:3.9.2.dfsg-1 a high-performance XML processor
>> ii  openjdk-6-jre             6b11-6         OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspo
>
> That's Java stuff, it's another world.
>
> Do there exist similar standards in Java?

No idea. However e.g.

"Bug ID: 5033780 LANG should have higher precedence than LC_CTYPE for locale"

-- http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=5033780

implies tha they are trying.