perl and locales

[Erika Pacholleck]

[24.01.2005] S. Anthony Sequeira <-- :
> On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 21:08 +0000, Richard Molton wrote:
> > ./profile:
> 
> > export LC_ALL=[en]_[GB]
> 
> Use your favourite editor to remove every occurrence of '[' and ']' from
> this line in /etc/profile, logout, log back in and you should be OK.

Right and wrong.

Generally: do `localedef --list-archive`. You get a list of all the
values which you can use for your LC_* and LANG variables (those are
the ones which have been created with the localedef command). You write
a value __exactely__ like it appears on your screen. Simple as that.
(Don't forget, for some of the LC_CTYPE ones you need a fitting font.)

Next: everyone who tells you to set LC_ALL permanently, is simply 
spreading bullshit.

Last: locale variables are user matters and do not belong into
/etc/profile but into the each users $HOME/.profile.

Regards, Erika