In message <87ofo3rpag.fsf@titine.fr.eu.org>, Eric Jacoboni writes:
>>>>>> "Manuel" =3D=3D Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org> writes:
>
>Manuel> For NetBSD you want export LANG=3Dfr
>
>Thanks for your help but, when i export LANG=3Dfr (i've also tried
>LC_ALL), i see absolutely no changes (i've tried typos and misformed
>commands but all messages are still in english).
>
>Furthermore, i get the well known Perl message:
>
>/-----------------
>| perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
>| perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
>|         LC_ALL =3D "fr",
>|         LANG =3D "fr"
>|     are supported and installed on your system.
>| perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
>\-----------------
>
>which is the one we get when there is a problem with our locale
>settings. So, i suspect "export LANG=3Dfr" doesn't do anything (before
>you ask, i'm using ksh).

That part, at least, is easy enough to check:  run

	printenv LANG

and see what it says.

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