--- bash-2.05b/lib/readline/nls.c.mitr2	2002-10-10 04:08:35.000000000 +0200
+++ bash-2.05b/lib/readline/nls.c	2002-10-10 04:10:07.000000000 +0200
@@ -86,8 +86,15 @@
 #if defined (HAVE_SETLOCALE)
   char *t;
 
+#  if 0
   /* Set the LC_CTYPE locale category from environment variables. */
   t = setlocale (LC_CTYPE, "");
+#  else
+  /* Don't set LC_TYPE from environment, because bash maintains its own
+     environment invisible to libc. This obviously doesn't belong in the
+     standalone readline library. */
+  t = setlocale (LC_CTYPE, NULL);
+#  endif
   if (t && *t && (t[0] != 'C' || t[1]) && (STREQ (t, "POSIX") == 0))
     {
       _rl_meta_flag = 1;