[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#748245: Bug#748245: Bug#748245: Do not pass LANG and LC_* to init script

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Thu, 15 May 2014, Vincent Bernat wrote:
>  ❦ 15 mai 2014 16:17 +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen <pere at hungry.com> :
> > Personally, I believe the init.d script should fix the locale settings
> > (for example using LC_ALL=C) if the service change behaviour based on
> > locale settings.
> 
> It is something difficult to know before hand.
> 
> > Is it possible to come up with a setup that pleases everyone?  Or are
> > the truly conflicting needs here?
> 
> Let's see if we can get input from people needing to keep LANG and LC_*.

You must either pass neither, or pass them all.

The requirements are in conflict.  "service" is an user-level interface, it is
supposed to be subject to i18n and l10n.

OTOH, any initscript that requires, e.g. LC_COLLATE=C or LC_ALL=C ought to
set it.  Really.

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