linux-kernel - Re: [patch] Makefile: Unexport LANG

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Date:	Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:20:07 +1100
From:	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...s.cz>,
	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] Makefile: Unexport LANG

On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 09:14:40PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 12/25/2009 08:30 PM, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> >>  
> >>  # Avoid funny character set dependencies
> >> +unexport LANG
> >>  unexport LC_ALL
> >>  LC_CTYPE=C
> >>  LC_COLLATE=C
> > 
> 
> At this point, it seems to me that we should just LC_ALL=C and be done
> with it (see other thread.)

Sure, that would also work for the case that I'm seeing.

I tested the following:

# Avoid funny character set dependencies
LC_ALL=C
export LC_ALL

Though personally I would advocate tweaking the locale as needed closer
to awk scripts and the like, rather than the high-level general change that
was made. Fall-out from a high-level change seems inevitable to me.

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