David Brownlee wrote:
> 	Does LC_LANG=C LANG=de
> 	help?

No:
[...]
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
        LC_ALL = (unset),
        LC_LANG = "C",
        LANG = "de"
    are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
[...]

Anyhow, thanks.

snafu
Martin
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