[Bug 1632978] Re: oem-setup misconfigures locale if install and user language differ

[Simon Quigley]

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Won't Fix

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Title:
  oem-setup misconfigures locale if install and user language differ

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  Image: Desktop amd64 final Yakkety release candidate
  Mode: OEM, selected "German" in gfxboot, no network

  The install (in German) went fine, and oem-setup started in German. I
  selected French as my user's language, but this ends up in a weird
  locale mix. Right after oem-setup, the desktop appears in German
  (sorry, I don't have "locale" output any more), and after a reboot it
  appears in English.

  $ locale
  LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
  LANGUAGE=fr_FR
  LC_CTYPE="fr_FR.UTF-8"
  LC_NUMERIC=de_DE.UTF-8
  LC_TIME=de_DE.UTF-8
  LC_COLLATE="fr_FR.UTF-8"
  LC_MONETARY=de_DE.UTF-8
  LC_MESSAGES="fr_FR.UTF-8"
  LC_PAPER=de_DE.UTF-8
  LC_NAME=de_DE.UTF-8
  LC_ADDRESS=de_DE.UTF-8
  LC_TELEPHONE=de_DE.UTF-8
  LC_MEASUREMENT=de_DE.UTF-8
  LC_IDENTIFICATION=de_DE.UTF-8
  LC_ALL=

  $ cat /etc/default/locale 
  #  File generated by update-locale
  LANG="fr_FR.UTF-8"
  LC_NUMERIC="de_DE.UTF-8"
  LC_TIME="de_DE.UTF-8"
  LC_MONETARY="de_DE.UTF-8"
  LC_PAPER="de_DE.UTF-8"
  LC_NAME="de_DE.UTF-8"
  LC_ADDRESS="de_DE.UTF-8"
  LC_TELEPHONE="de_DE.UTF-8"
  LC_MEASUREMENT="de_DE.UTF-8"
  LC_IDENTIFICATION="de_DE.UTF-8"

  /var/lib/AccountsService/users/martin has nothing language related,
  and I don't have a ~/.pam_environment, so I don't actually know where
  the LANGUAGE=fr_FR comes from. There are no grep results in $HOME,
  /etc/, or /var except for the oem-config.log.

  "locale -a" actually shows that all German, French, and English
  locales are available. I'm not entirely sure why the desktop is
  English in that case (I had expected LC_MESSAGES, i. e. the LANG

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
  Package: oem-config (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-22.24-generic 4.8.0
  Uname: Linux 4.8.0-22-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Thu Oct 13 09:29:02 2016
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash ---  debian-installer/language=de keyboard-configuration/layoutcode?=de oem-config/enable=true
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-10-13 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2)
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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