[Bug 1369231] [NEW] do-release-upgrade in localized environment does not accept english input

[Kirill Bogdanenko]

Public bug reported:

Hi,

I was running do-release-upgrade tool in an environment like:
LANG=ru_UA.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=ru:en:uk:en
LC_CTYPE="ru_UA.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC=ru_UA.UTF-8
LC_TIME=ru_UA.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE="ru_UA.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY=ru_UA.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES="ru_UA.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER=ru_UA.UTF-8
LC_NAME=ru_UA.UTF-8
LC_ADDRESS=ru_UA.UTF-8
LC_TELEPHONE=ru_UA.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT=ru_UA.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION=ru_UA.UTF-8
LC_ALL=

And during upgrade process I was not able to change my keyboard layout other that to english (US). 
But the tool had asked me questions in russian and expected that I will input my answers in russian:

 66 пакетов будут удалены.

 Продолжить [дН]  Подробности [п]

I tried to input 'y' as for 'yes' but no luck. The workaround is to
copy-paste 'д' letter from terminal emulator. But when you are using tty
it can be a problem.

So please, can you make `do-release-upgrade` tool accept english input
despite the locale?

I am using:
Description:    Ubuntu Utopic Unicorn (development branch)
Release:        14.10

ubuntu-release-upgrader-core:
  Installed: 1:14.10.7
  Candidate: 1:14.10.7
  Version table:
 *** 1:14.10.7 0
        500 http://ua.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

I was upgrading from 14.04 LTS to 14.10 Beta 1

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:14.10.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-19.40-generic 3.13.6
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Sun Sep 14 12:04:12 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-19 (178 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140121.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-09-14 (0 days ago)

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade locale utopic

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Title:
  do-release-upgrade in localized environment does not accept english
  input

Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Hi,

  I was running do-release-upgrade tool in an environment like:
  LANG=ru_UA.UTF-8
  LANGUAGE=ru:en:uk:en
  LC_CTYPE="ru_UA.UTF-8"
  LC_NUMERIC=ru_UA.UTF-8
  LC_TIME=ru_UA.UTF-8
  LC_COLLATE="ru_UA.UTF-8"
  LC_MONETARY=ru_UA.UTF-8
  LC_MESSAGES="ru_UA.UTF-8"
  LC_PAPER=ru_UA.UTF-8
  LC_NAME=ru_UA.UTF-8
  LC_ADDRESS=ru_UA.UTF-8
  LC_TELEPHONE=ru_UA.UTF-8
  LC_MEASUREMENT=ru_UA.UTF-8
  LC_IDENTIFICATION=ru_UA.UTF-8
  LC_ALL=

  And during upgrade process I was not able to change my keyboard layout other that to english (US). 
  But the tool had asked me questions in russian and expected that I will input my answers in russian:

   66 пакетов будут удалены.

   Продолжить [дН]  Подробности [п]

  I tried to input 'y' as for 'yes' but no luck. The workaround is to
  copy-paste 'д' letter from terminal emulator. But when you are using
  tty it can be a problem.

  So please, can you make `do-release-upgrade` tool accept english input
  despite the locale?

  I am using:
  Description:    Ubuntu Utopic Unicorn (development branch)
  Release:        14.10

  ubuntu-release-upgrader-core:
    Installed: 1:14.10.7
    Candidate: 1:14.10.7
    Version table:
   *** 1:14.10.7 0
          500 http://ua.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  I was upgrading from 14.04 LTS to 14.10 Beta 1

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:14.10.7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-19.40-generic 3.13.6
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-19-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Sun Sep 14 12:04:12 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-19 (178 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140121.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-09-14 (0 days ago)

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