GNU bug report logs - #15260
cannot build in a directory with non-ascii characters

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 17:47:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 24.3

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Kenichi Handa <handa <at> gnu.org>, 15260 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15260: cannot build in a directory with non-ascii characters
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 21:35:00 -0400

>   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.

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


        Stefan
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