On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 10:59:29AM +0200, Mirko Parthey wrote: > Package: glibc-doc > Version: 2.3.2.ds1-22 > > LANGUAGE seems to have no effect unless LANG is set to something other > than C. I would propose to document this behaviour in the libc reference > manual, where LANGUAGE is explained.
This bit I can obviously reproduce... > Related to this, the documentation claims that LANGUAGE is evaluated > first, i.e. before any other variables defining the locale. I found out > by experiment that LANGUAGE seems to be evaluated second-last, and takes > precedence just over LANG. If this is correct, I would propose to change > the documentation accordingly. But not this, do you have an example? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% LANG=en_US LANGUAGE=en_US:de_DE:en_US cat -h cat: Ungültige Option -- h ,,cat --help" gibt weitere Informationen. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% LANG=en_US LC_ALL=en_US LANGUAGE=en_US:de_DE:en_US cat -h cat: Ungültige Option -- h ,,cat --help" gibt weitere Informationen. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery, LLC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]