Bug#700271: [Pkg-postgresql-public] Bug#700271: postgresql-9.1: non-obvious choice of database locale

2013-02-14 Thread Helmut Grohne
Control: reopen -1 Control: retitle -1 mention database encoding used during installation Control: tags -1 - wontfix On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 11:14:01AM +0100, Martin Pitt wrote: > Sure, set LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 and LC_MESSAGES=C . That will still use > UTF-8 character encoding/sorting (LC_CTYPE, LC_CO

Bug#700271: [Pkg-postgresql-public] Bug#700271: postgresql-9.1: non-obvious choice of database locale

2013-02-13 Thread Martin Pitt
Hello Helmut, Helmut Grohne [2013-02-13 8:49 +0100]: > Both /etc/default/locale and /etc/environment are empty on the system in > question. This likely represents the setting "C" that I usually make > during installation to avoid translation of messages. Note that this also means that you canno

Bug#700271: [Pkg-postgresql-public] Bug#700271: postgresql-9.1: non-obvious choice of database locale

2013-02-12 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 08:29:53AM +0100, Martin Pitt wrote: > I mean the default locale of a particular computer that is being used > if the user who logs in does not specify her own locale settings in > e. g. .bashrc or from ssh. This is usually set in /etc/default/locale > or, on older systems,

Bug#700271: [Pkg-postgresql-public] Bug#700271: postgresql-9.1: non-obvious choice of database locale

2013-02-12 Thread Martin Pitt
Hello Helmut, Helmut Grohne [2013-02-13 8:17 +0100]: > TTBOMK there is no such thing as a "system locale". Can you briefly > point out what you mean and maybe how I could change it (or point me to > the corresponding documentation)? I mean the default locale of a particular computer that is bein

Bug#700271: [Pkg-postgresql-public] Bug#700271: postgresql-9.1: non-obvious choice of database locale

2013-02-12 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 04:15:46PM +0100, Martin Pitt wrote: > I seem to remember that this was because your system locale was in > fact a latin1 one, so the default was correct. TTBOMK there is no such thing as a "system locale". Can you briefly point out what you mean and maybe how I could chang

Bug#700271: postgresql-9.1: non-obvious choice of database locale

2013-02-10 Thread Helmut Grohne
Package: postgresql-9.1 Version: 9.1.7-1 Severity: wishlist I am a fairly novice postgresql user, so I was just installing postgresql-9.1 without any knowledge about database locale and how it can go wrong. The installation procedure determined that LATIN1 would be a perfect choice for my system,