locale complaints

Stephen L Moshier moshier@mediaone.net
Wed Dec 19 23:45:00 GMT 2001



On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Philipp Thomas wrote:

> * Stephen L Moshier [Wed, 19 Dec 2001 08:43:46 -0500 (EST)]:
> 
> >  perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
> >  perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
> >          LANGUAGE = "usa_english",
> >          LC_ALL = "usa_english",
> >          LANG = "usa_english"
> >      are supported and installed on your system.
> >  perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
> 
> Setting LANG should suffice, but usa_english is definitely not a supported
> locale. Either use en_US or alternatively make an entry in
> /usr/share/locale/locale.alias for usa_english.

That had no effect.
When I set it to POSIX, however, the various programs stop complaining.




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