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

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Message #8 received at 49808 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Matthieu Dubuget <matthieu.dubuget <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 49808 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#49808: 27.1; ediff assumes user's language is English
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2021 18:59:44 +0300

> From: Matthieu Dubuget <matthieu.dubuget <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2021 12:55:34 +0200
> 
> 
> When using Ediff with a non-English locale, errors returned by diff are
> not recognized by Ediff.
> 
> When diff outputs a localized version of "\ No newline at end of file",
> ediff do not recognize it and fails to display the differences.
> 
> 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.  Unfortunately, this may not have any effect
on MS-Windows.

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