[Bug 846455] [NEW] perl exits immediately with C.UTF-8 locale

[Adam Guthrie]

Public bug reported:

adam at whiteowl:~$ LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 perl
strxfrm() gets absurd.
adam at whiteowl:~$ echo $?
29

Found when attempting to install perl 5.14.1 as one of the test fails
but affects the system version too.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: perl 5.12.4-4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-10.16-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-10-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.22.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Sep 10 15:40:29 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha i386 (20100803.1)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: perl
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-10 (0 days ago)

** Affects: perl (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 oneiric running-unity

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Title:
  perl exits immediately with C.UTF-8 locale

Status in “perl” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  adam at whiteowl:~$ LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 perl
  strxfrm() gets absurd.
  adam at whiteowl:~$ echo $?
  29

  Found when attempting to install perl 5.14.1 as one of the test fails
  but affects the system version too.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: perl 5.12.4-4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-10.16-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-10-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.22.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sat Sep 10 15:40:29 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha i386 (20100803.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: perl
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-10 (0 days ago)

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