[Bug 83889] Re: apt shows incorrect language strings if used with specific locale settings - and aborts package installation if you confirm installation

[Christian Hofstädtler]

[ch at monique~%] locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=de_AT:de
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

[ch at monique~%] cat /etc/default/locale
LANGUAGE="de_AT:de"
LANG="de_AT.UTF-8"

I'm admitting that LANG=en_US.UTF-8 gets set by a local user configuration file. (zshenv)
This is really intended behaviour (and it worked until upgrading to feisty; seems like edgy doesn't set $LANGUAGE). (gdm isn't the cause for that.)

I guess it's really a very uncommon configuration. Still, apt is showing
something else than it's expecting.

Chris

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apt shows incorrect language strings if used with specific locale settings - and aborts package installation if you confirm installation
https://launchpad.net/bugs/83889