linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Makefile: do not override LC

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Date:	Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:07:35 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>
CC:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>,
	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@...ox.ru>,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-sh@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Makefile: do not override LC_CTYPE

On 01/08/2010 04:00 PM, Simon Horman wrote:
> 
> Personally I think it would be much better to set the locale explicitly
> as needed, where needed, such as the LC_ALL=C sledgehammer that you
> have inserted into arch/sh/tools. Or at a slightly higher level,
> offer an awk-wrapper, as it seems to be the main (only?) cause of concern.
> 

awk, sed, shell scripts, etc. all have the same problem.

	-hpa
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