i never had to edit locale.gen, reconfiguring locale does it for me. it also runs locale-gen.
in local.alias, however, one can read : # Note: This file is far from being complete. If you have a value for # your own site which you think might be useful for others too, share # it with the rest of us. Send it using the `glibcbug' script to # [EMAIL PROTECTED] sorry i wanted to reply to the list, not to you. cheers, piem On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 10:25:04PM -0700, s. keeling wrote: > Incoming from Paul Brossier: > > > > On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 03:23, s. keeling wrote: > > > Incoming from s. keeling: > > > > Hi. I've figured out how to supply/generate my chosen locale > > > > (dpkg-reconfigure locales), and now I have: > ......^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > > > > > > export LC_ALL="en_CA.ISO-8859-1" > > > > export LANG="en_CA.ISO-8859-1" > > > > export LANGUAGE="en_CA.ISO-8859-1" > > > > > > > > in my ~/.bash_profile, but perl doesn't appear to get it: > .................................^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > > > > > > perl: warning: Setting locale failed. > > > > > > As root: > > > > > > - add your locale to /etc/locale.gen > > > > > > en_CA ISO-8859-1 > > > > > > - add your locale alias to /etc/locale.alias > > > > > > en_CA en_CA.ISO-8859-1 > > > > > > - run "locale-gen" > > > > or do it with > > # dpkg-reconfigure locales -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]