Quoting Bill Allombert ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):

> > At least one is subscribed here to menu's PTS..:-)
> 
> So convenient! So you confirm /etc/default/locale is somehow the
> official system-wide locale for the system ?

yes

> > I would suggest to source /etc/default/locale if it exists before
> > running update-menus, if it is run by root.
> > 
> > This will will only contain variable assignments, so sourcing it seems
> > to be the safest option.
> 
> Well but update-menus is a C++ program, so sourcing it is not very
> practical. Maybe I can do the C++ equivalent of
> lang=$(sh -c ". /etc/default/locale && echo \$LANG")
> but it will be slow.
> Maybe I could just grep for /^LANG=/ instead ?

Better double check this and ask for Denis Barbier's advice....

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