[Bug manual/12963] New: message.texi contains incorrect information about LANGUAGE

[vincent+libc at vinc17 dot org]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12963

           Summary: message.texi contains incorrect information about
                    LANGUAGE
           Product: glibc
           Version: unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: manual
        AssignedTo: roland@gnu.org
        ReportedBy: vincent+libc@vinc17.org


message.texi contains:

The @var{locale} component is computed based on the category used.  Just
like for the @code{setlocale} function here comes the user selection
into the play.  Some environment variables are examined in a fixed order
and the first environment variable set determines the return value of
the lookup process.  In detail, for the category @code{LC_xxx} the
following variables in this order are examined:

@table @code
@item LANGUAGE
@item LC_ALL
@item LC_xxx
@item LANG
@end table

But this is incorrect: LANGUAGE does not always have the precedence over the
other variables, as shown below:

ypig% LANGUAGE=fr_FR LC_ALL=en_US cp
cp: opérande fichier manquant
Saisissez « cp --help » pour plus d'informations.
ypig% LANGUAGE=fr_FR LC_ALL=C cp    
cp: missing file operand
Try `cp --help' for more information.

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