GNU bug report logs - #49808
27.1; ediff assumes user's language is English

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Matthieu Dubuget <matthieu.dubuget <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2021 15:13:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: moreinfo

Found in version 27.1

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: matthieu.dubuget <at> gmail.com, 49808 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#49808: 27.1; ediff assumes user's language is English
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2021 14:23:07 +0300

> From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
> Cc: Matthieu Dubuget <matthieu.dubuget <at> gmail.com>,  49808 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2021 09:28:44 +0200
> 
> >> See https://stackoverflow.com/q/9242651/3407924
> >> and this post for a clear explanation of the problem:
> >> https://stackoverflow.com/a/9244759/3407924
> >
> > The "usual" solution is to insert "LANG=C" into the envirnment before
> > running the Diff program.
> 
> I don't think it is necessary to match on the text of that line, the
> "\\" prefix should be enough.

If that works (i.e. there are no other messages from Diff starting
with a backslash at end of output), it's a better solution, sure.

Thanks.
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