Bug 476754 – Systemd wiki guide suggest to set different variables than Gentoo Handbook for locales

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Pacho Ramos 2013-07-13 20:19:31 UTC]

It says:
File/etc/locale.confConfiguration file for locale settings.
LANG="pl_PL.UTF-8"
LC_ALL="pl_PL.UTF-8"

But Handbook suggests to change other variables:
Code Listing 3.8: Setting the default system locale in /etc/env.d/02locale
LANG="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="C"

Reproducible: Always

[Comment 1 Mike Gilbert 2013-07-13 20:32:45 UTC]

The docs team has previously expressed that they do not want to document systemd stuff in the Handbook at this time.

We can keep this open until they change their minds I guess.

[Comment 2 Mike Gilbert 2013-07-13 20:33:37 UTC]

Also, I have no idea why the handbook suggests LC_COLLATE="C"... that seems arbitrary.

[Comment 3 Mike Gilbert 2013-07-13 20:35:32 UTC]

Hmm... actually, having the LC_ALL line in locale.conf makes no sense at all. I changed it to match the handbook.

[Comment 4 Pacho Ramos 2013-07-13 20:58:29 UTC]

Thanks!