In the "Using UTF-8 with Gentoo" guide it is suggested to set the LC_ALL variable in /etc/env.d/02locale. This is not right, LANG shoud be used instead. See this mailinglist thread for exlanations: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-utf8/2003-03/msg00014.html As a sidenote, this causes bugs like this: Bug 134834.
reason being that LC_ALL overrides everything and does not allow for customization of different locale aspects if you set just LANG, that gives a system default which can be tweaked based upon other LC_* vars and in the case of debugging, can be quickly overridden by setting LC_ALL
(In reply to comment #0) > In the "Using UTF-8 with Gentoo" guide it is suggested to set the LC_ALL > variable in /etc/env.d/02locale. This is not right, LANG shoud be used instead. > See this mailinglist thread for exlanations: > http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-utf8/2003-03/msg00014.html > > As a sidenote, this causes bugs like this: Bug 134834. > LC_ALL can, however, be used on most systems without causing problems. I've had no issues with LC_ALL. The guide should instead make note that LC_ALL is optional, and may have different effects depending on what other (screwy) things users may be doing with their systems.
it's not a matter of LC_ALL not working, it's a matter of using LC_ALL to control your settings is the wrong methodology LC_ALL is the master override ... users should be specifying a default via LANG
(In reply to comment #3) > it's not a matter of LC_ALL not working, it's a matter of using LC_ALL to > control your settings is the wrong methodology > > LC_ALL is the master override ... users should be specifying a default via LANG > Here's a link mentioned in the original CVS commit that changed LANG to LC_ALL: http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Locale-Categories.html#Locale-Categories Original commit diff: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/utf-8.xml?r1=1.15&r2=1.16 That being said, I'll take a look at changing the doc to mentioning LC_ALL is still available as an option.
that diff didnt change LANG to LC_ALL, it stopped mentioning both LANG and LC_ALL together as setting LANG in addition to LC_ALL is indeed pointless as LC_ALL overrides LANG
Changed LC_ALL to recommending LANG as the default, though I added a note on setting LC_ALL if desired. Fixed in CVS, thanks for reporting and for all the comments on the bug.
