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t0251-gpt-unicode.sh fails when the C.UTF-8 locale is unavailable

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From: Phillip Susi <psusi <at> ubuntu.com>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>, 18258 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18258: t0251-gpt-unicode.sh fails when the C.UTF-8 locale is unavailable
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 10:40:19 -0400

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On 8/13/2014 7:53 AM, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> t0251-gpt-unicode.sh requires the C.UTF-8 locale and fails if it
> isn’t available.
> 
> What about:
> 
> 1. Exiting with 77 when the locale is unavailable?
> 
> 2. Choosing another locale, such as en_US.utf8?  As of GNU libc
> 2.19, C.UTF-8 (or any other spelling) does not exist.

How can the C locale possibly not exist on a system that is not
totally broken?  It is the default and fallback locale when you don't
have any locales installed.



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