Re: perl and utf8

["OBATA Akio" <obache%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:14:04 +0900, Anne Bennett 
<anne%porcupine.montreal.qc.ca@localhost> wrote:

> I reported that Perl complained once I changed to a utf8 locale:
>
> > >     perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
> > >     perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
> > >             LC_ALL = (unset),
> > >             LC_CTYPE = "en_CA.UTF-8",
> > >             LC_COLLATE = "C",
> > >             LANG = "en_CA.UTF-8"
> > >         are supported and installed on your system.
> > >     perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
> > >
> > > My locale settings are:
> > >
> > >   LANG="en_CA.UTF-8"
> > >   LC_CTYPE="en_CA.UTF-8"
> > >   LC_COLLATE="C"
> > >   LC_TIME="C"
> > >   LC_NUMERIC="C"
> > >   LC_MONETARY="C"
> > >   LC_MESSAGES="en_CA.UTF-8"
> > >   LC_ALL=""
>
> On Sun, 10 Jan 2010, OBATA Akio suggested:
>
> > Just workaround:
> > exactly set LC_COLLATE=C LC_NUMERIC=C or PERL_BADLANG=0.
>
> As you can see above, "LC_COLLATE=C LC_NUMERIC=C" were already the
> case.  PERL_BADLANG just sweeps the problem under the carpet.

I felt that your "My locale settings" are just result of "locale",
not exactly set COLLATE and LC_NUMERIC to "C".

This matter is FFFFFFFFFFFAQ, and not a pkgsrc problem.
If you think this issue is problem for you:
 * request to Perl developers to change such behavior.
 or
 * request to NetBSD developers to implement LC_COLLATE and UTF-8 locales.

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OBATA Akio / obache%NetBSD.org@localhost