[Bug 1451268] [NEW] locale -m reports gzip problems when run at X session init

[Martin Stjernholm]

Public bug reported:

I have in my ~/.profile a call to "locale -m" to adapt some locale
variables based on available charmaps. When it is run during X session
init, it produces some errors to stderr:

gzip: stdout: Broken pipe

gzip: stdout: Broken pipe

gzip: stdout: Broken pipe

gzip: stdout: Broken pipe

gzip: stdout: Broken pipe

/... same line repeated 12 more times .../

The charmaps reported to stdout are still fine however. I notice this
because lightdm displays a dialogue with the stderr messages before
showing the desktop.

The obvious workaround is to redirect stderr from "locale -m" to
/dev/null.

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

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Title:
  locale -m reports gzip problems when run at X session init

Status in glibc package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I have in my ~/.profile a call to "locale -m" to adapt some locale
  variables based on available charmaps. When it is run during X session
  init, it produces some errors to stderr:

  gzip: stdout: Broken pipe

  gzip: stdout: Broken pipe

  gzip: stdout: Broken pipe

  gzip: stdout: Broken pipe

  gzip: stdout: Broken pipe

  /... same line repeated 12 more times .../

  The charmaps reported to stdout are still fine however. I notice this
  because lightdm displays a dialogue with the stderr messages before
  showing the desktop.

  The obvious workaround is to redirect stderr from "locale -m" to
  /dev/null.

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