FS#18739 - Archlinux-installer locale bug

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Mathieu Pasquet (mathieui) - Thursday, 18 March 2010, 17:20 GMT
Last edited by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Saturday, 20 March 2010, 18:43 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
The bash program archlinux-installer is made to work with the english locales, not another (mostly due to the parsing of pacman output, which relies on the locale, I think).
A simple way to fix it would be to export LANG=en just before the use of pacman, and then set it again to the previous value once it's done.

Additional info:
Latest version: 2009.02-2


Steps to reproduce:
Export LANG to fr, for example, then run /arch/setup, it'll work until the package selection time, and then a big fail in the package list, and the installer says "no package selected".
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Closed by  Roman Kyrylych (Romashka)
Saturday, 20 March 2010, 18:43 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  Old release, open a new report if the problem exists in the latest version.
Comment by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Thursday, 18 March 2010, 18:19 GMT
really, you should test the latest iso available and not some random/old isos

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