GNU bug report logs - #18185
environment variable LANGUAGE overrides LC_ALL

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From: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg <at> justemail.net>
To: bug-grep <at> gnu.org
Subject: environment variable LANGUAGE overrides LC_ALL
Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 21:31:22 +0200

Hi,

In 'info grep inv env' it says that the variables
`LC_ALL'
`LC_MESSAGES'
`LANG'
determine the language that `grep' uses for messages.
But this leaves the variable LANGUAGE unmentioned, which
on my system overrides even LC_ALL.  (Well, it overrides
them when at least one of them is set; when all three of
them are empty or unset, LANGUAGE has no effect.)

So I think that the above group of three should become
a group of four:

`LANGUAGE'
`LC_ALL'
`LC_MESSAGES'
`LANG'

Also see 'info gettext.info "locale env"'.

Benno

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Message #10 received at 18185-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg <at> justemail.net>, 
 18185-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18185: environment variable LANGUAGE overrides LC_ALL
Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 13:45:15 -0700

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Thanks, I installed the attached patch for that.

[0001-doc-document-LANGUAGE.patch (text/plain, attachment)]

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