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gcompris package

does not honor LC_MESSAGES

Bug #1404947 reported by Rolf Leggewie on 2014-12-22

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to
	gcompris	Invalid	Medium	kde-bugs #342380
	gcompris (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Low	Unassigned
Nominated for Trusty by Rolf Leggewie

Bug Description

LC_ALL="" LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=C gcompris

that should run the standard english version of the program interface but in fact the German version is shown. Check "man 7 locale" for the hierarchy of locale-related environment variables.

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In KDE Bug Tracking System #342380, Andreas Moog (ampelbein) wrote on 2014-12-31:

(Bug forwarded from Launchpad, https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1404947)

LC_ALL="" LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=C gcompris

that should run the standard english version of the program interface but in fact the German version is shown. Check "man 7 locale" for the hierarchy of locale-related environment variables.

This happens on Ubuntu as well on Debian, both with the packaged versions and freshly compiled sources.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start with "LC_ALL="" LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=C gcompris"

Actual Results:
Starts with german interface

Expected Results:
Starts with english interface

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Andreas Moog (ampelbein) wrote on 2014-12-31:

I can confirm the issue on Debian, even when using the current version freshly compiled. I opened a bug report in the Upstream tracker about it.

Changed in gcompris (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Low
status:	New → Triaged

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Bruno coudoin (bruno-coudoin) wrote on 2014-12-31:

In GCompris there is a configuration dialog allowing the user to select a locale. This is usefull to let a user set a target language instead of his desktop one. When GCompris is set as 'use your system locale' then we respect the environment values.

Please check your GCompris configuration and close the bug if it is not set to default.

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2015-01-01

Changed in gcompris:
importance:	Unknown → Medium
status:	Unknown → New

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Bruno coudoin (bruno-coudoin) wrote on 2015-03-04:

I just tested again and this is not a bug, it's a feature. When GCompris is set to the system locale it respects the LANG env variable.

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In KDE Bug Tracking System #342380, Bruno coudoin (bruno-coudoin) wrote on 2015-03-04:

I just tested again and this is not a bug, it's a feature. When GCompris is set to the system locale it respects the LANG env variable. And BTW this is releated to the Gtk+ version, not the Qt one.

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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote on 2015-03-05:

I don't remember changing anything, so possibly gcompris is not set to use system locale by default. I cannot test this right now.

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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote on 2015-03-05: Re: [Bug 1404947] Re: does not honor LC_MESSAGES

On 05.03.2015 07:21, Bruno coudoin wrote:
> I just tested again and this is not a bug, it's a feature. When GCompris
> is set to the system locale it respects the LANG env variable.

Bruno, you are mistaken.

Yes, gcompris might respect the LANG variable - but then it ignores the
LC_MESSAGES variable. This is the bug, since LC_MESSAGES has higher
priority than LANG. Check "man 7 locale".

'LC_ALL="" LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=C gcompris' should start in
English, not in German.

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2015-03-05

Changed in gcompris:
status:	New → Invalid

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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote on 2015-03-06:

Bruno, please reopen the upstream ticket. Thank you.

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Bruno coudoin (bruno-coudoin) wrote on 2015-03-09:

I thing I got the issue now and pushed a fix in master.

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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote on 2015-03-11:

#10

https://github.com/bdoin/GCompris/commit/e93dccbd43217e3c47547033354d1a11db759974

Thanks, Bruno. I've cooked up a debdiff for vivid.

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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote on 2015-03-11:

#11

debdiff for vivid Edit (2.5 KiB, text/plain)

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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote on 2015-03-11:

#12

debdiff for trusty (untested) Edit (3.0 KiB, text/plain)

I am on a slow and expensive link at the moment and gcompris source is huge, so the following patch is provided untested (like the previous one for vivid)

PS: I like a version of 13.11-1trusty1 as it is concise, informative and will work with the versions present in trusty, utopic and vivid.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2015-03-16:

#13

This bug was fixed in the package gcompris - 14.12-1ubuntu1

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gcompris (14.12-1ubuntu1) vivid; urgency=medium

  * patches: backport upstream commit e93dccbd43217 to respect the
    hierarchy of locale variables. LP: #1404947
    Many thanks to Bruno Coudoin from upstream for providing the patch
-- Rolf Leggewie <email address hidden> Wed, 11 Mar 2015 12:58:42 +0800