[Bigsister-devel] Localization / intrnationalization issues

[Niels B. <ni...@ba...>]

There have been a couple of incidents on the list where df output and
others have been misinterpreted because they used local language headings
and the like.

I use the following setup:

Index: tools/bs_boot.sh
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
RCS  /cvsroot/bigsister/bigsister/tools/bs_boot.sh,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -r1.2 bs_boot.sh
--- tools/bs_boot.sh    2 Mar 2004 15:05:44 -0000       1.2
+++ tools/bs_boot.sh    12 Jun 2006 12:16:27 -0000
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@

 bs_instdir=3D/some-dir

+LANG=3DC LC_MESSAGES=3DC export LANG LC_MESSAGES
+
 [ -x "$bs_instdir/bin/bb_start" ] || exit 0

 exec $bs_instdir/bin/bb_start "$@"


which should prevents most problems.

/Niels

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