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cannot build in a directory with non-ascii characters

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From: Kenichi Handa <handa <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: eliz <at> gnu.org, 15260 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15260: cannot build in a directory with non-ascii characters
Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 22:58:08 +0900

In article <jwveh746euj.fsf-monnier+emacsbugs <at> gnu.org>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> >   emacs = EMACSLOADPATH="$(abs_lisp)" LC_ALL=C "$(EMACS)" $(EMACSOPT)
> >                                       ^^^^^^^^

> > Does anyone know or remember why we set LC_ALL=C while running
> > commands in lisp/ (and the same in leim/)?

> IIRC the issue was to avoid things like misdetecting coding-systems
> because of the user's locale setting, in the files we load/compile.

As far as I remember, yes.

> IOW, it was to work around bugs (e.g. missing coding: cookie) and is
> likely unneeded nowadays.

I agree.

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Kenichi Handa
handa <at> gnu.org

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