This bug was fixed in the package language-selector - 0.85
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language-selector (0.85) quantal; urgency=low
* ls-dbus-backend: fix for python3 compatibility. LP: #1014429.
* Do not touch /etc/environment; we should be updating /etc/default/locale
exclusively. On upgrade, clean up any references that have been left
behind in /etc/environment. LP: #1035498.
-- Steve Langasek <steve.langa...@ubuntu.com> Fri, 10 Aug 2012 22:06:35 -0700
** Branch linked: lp:ubuntu/language-selector
** Changed in: language-selector (Ubuntu Quantal)
Status: Triaged => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1035498
Title:
language-selector updates /etc/environment when it shouldn't, and
gives results that are inconsistent with an initial install
Status in “language-selector” package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in “language-selector” source package in Precise:
Triaged
Status in “language-selector” source package in Quantal:
Fix Released
Bug description:
To debug bug #1034806, I configured Russian locale support using
language-selector. Afterwards I noticed that both /etc/environment
and /etc/default/locale had been populated with the set of environment
variables. This is wrong, language-selector should *only* be updating
/etc/default/locale: all pam_env-enabled services are supposed to read
from both /etc/environment and /etc/default/locale, precisely so that
/etc/default/locale can be used as the *one* file on the system where
default locale settings are specified.
The output of language-selector is also very different from the output
of ubiquity: whereas ubiquity only sets the LANG variable, language-
selector outputs the full range of LC_* variables as well as LANG and
LANGUAGE. I don't know of any specific bugs resulting from this, but
I have seen bug reports in the past related to LC_* variables and I'm
concerned that this inconsistency will cause confusing behavior in
some cases.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: language-selector-gnome 0.84
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-8.8-generic 3.5.0
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-8-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.4-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Aug 10 15:39:57 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64
(20100816.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: language-selector
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-06-11 (60 days ago)
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