#1130861 In German locale, gnome-calculator can't cope with the decimal separator in currency conversion (4th attempt to submit the bug report)

Package:
gnome-calculator
Source:
gnome-calculator
Description:
GNOME desktop calculator
Submitter:
Peter Müller
Date:
2026-08-07 17:49:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1130861#5
Date:
2026-03-15 13:28:18 UTC
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With LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 and GDM_LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, run gnome-calculator
from an xterm, open the currency conversion, and set the source currency
to Britische Pfund Sterling (GBP) and the target currency to Euro (EUR).
Now, enter the digit 1 into the field for the source amount. You'll see
some nonzero rate (in my case, 1.14…) in the target field. Then, type in
the decimal separator, be it either the comma or the point. In either
case, you'd see 0 in the target field. Instead, you should see the same
rate as before (in my case, 1.14…) in the target field, as 1=1. .
Continuing typing in digits doesn't change the zero.

The bug doesn't occur if you run `LANG=en_GB.utf8 gnome-calculator` or
`LANG=en_US.utf8 gnome-calculator` from an xterm.

Please fix this!

Gratefully
Pater
#1130861#10
Date:
2026-08-06 22:32:01 UTC
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Hello,

I have tested in on unstable (version 1:51~beta-1) and the problem
doesn't occur anymore, it seems
fixed. The amount it the same, with dot or comma pressed on the keyboard
and when typing more characters after the seperator, it still works fine.

Thanks,
Dawid Kulas
#1130861#15
Date:
2026-08-07 00:28:43 UTC
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Hi Dawid,

Have you tested this in forky (testing)? As for trixie, the bug still occurs there.

Cheers,
Peter
#1130861#20
Date:
2026-08-07 17:41:45 UTC
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reopen 1130861
thanks


Reopened on the advice of Jeremy, as the bug still exists in Debian stable 12 “trixie”.
#1130861#27
Date:
2026-08-07 17:46:44 UTC
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Reopened on the advice of Jeremy, as the bug still exists in Debian stable 13 “trixie”.