#632795 glibc-doc-reference: Information about LANGUAGE is incorrect

Package:
glibc-doc-reference
Source:
glibc-doc-reference
Submitter:
Vincent Lefevre
Date:
2011-07-06 02:00:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#632795#5
Date:
2011-07-06 00:18:47 UTC
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The libc manual (libc.info.gz) says:

  8.2.1.6 User influence on `gettext'

  [...]

     The LOCALE component is computed based on the category used.  Just
  like for the `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 `LC_xxx' the following
  variables in this order are examined:

  `LANGUAGE'

  `LC_ALL'

  `LC_xxx'

  `LANG'

However, this is incorrect, and the way it is done is more complex,
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.

According to bug 591334, this is the manual that is incorrect.