[1.7.9] bash: warning: setlocale: LC_COLLATE: cannot change locale (FR)

[1.7.9] bash: warning: setlocale: LC_COLLATE: cannot change locale (FR)

[Frédéric Bron]

I have just upgraded to 1.7.9:
$ uname
CYGWIN_NT-5.1 VOR-CRV-01660 1.7.9(0.237/5/3) 2011-03-29 10:10 i686 Cygwin

I now get this message when starting mintty ("C:\cygwin-1.7\bin\mintty.exe -"):
-bash: warning: setlocale: LC_COLLATE: cannot change locale (FR)

The warning remains if .bashrc and .bash_profile are empty.
For some reason, even if I do not set it, I have LANG=FR.

I have also tried to add:
export LANG="C.UTF-8"
and/or
export LC_ALL="C.UTF-8"
in .bashrc but it does not change anything.

This worked fine with 1.7.8 with export LC_ALL="C.UTF-8" in .bashrc.

Thanks,

Frédéric

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[1.7.9] bash: warning: setlocale: LC_COLLATE: cannot change locale (FR)

[Frédéric Bron]

I have just upgraded to 1.7.9:
$ uname
CYGWIN_NT-5.1 VOR-CRV-01660 1.7.9(0.237/5/3) 2011-03-29 10:10 i686 Cygwin

I now get this message when starting mintty ("C:\cygwin-1.7\bin\mintty.exe -"):
-bash: warning: setlocale: LC_COLLATE: cannot change locale (FR)

The warning remains if .bashrc and .bash_profile are empty.
For some reason, even if I do not set it, I have LANG=FR.

I have also tried to add:
export LANG="C.UTF-8"
and/or
export LC_ALL="C.UTF-8"
in .bashrc but it does not change anything.

This worked fine with 1.7.8 with export LC_ALL="C.UTF-8" in .bashrc.

Thanks,

Frédéric

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[1.7.9] bash: warning: setlocale: LC_COLLATE: cannot change locale (FR)

[Frédéric Bron]

I have just upgraded to 1.7.9:
$ uname
CYGWIN_NT-5.1 VOR-CRV-01660 1.7.9(0.237/5/3) 2011-03-29 10:10 i686 Cygwin

I now get this message when starting mintty ("C:\cygwin-1.7\bin\mintty.exe -"):
-bash: warning: setlocale: LC_COLLATE: cannot change locale (FR)

The warning remains if .bashrc and .bash_profile are empty.
For some reason, even if I do not set it, I have LANG=FR.

I have also tried to add:
export LANG="C.UTF-8"
and/or
export LC_ALL="C.UTF-8"
in .bashrc but it does not change anything.

This worked fine with 1.7.8 with export LC_ALL="C.UTF-8" in .bashrc.

Thanks,

Frédéric

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[1.7.9] bash: warning: setlocale: LC_COLLATE: cannot change locale (FR)

[Frédéric Bron]

I have just upgraded to 1.7.9:
$ uname
CYGWIN_NT-5.1 VOR-CRV-01660 1.7.9(0.237/5/3) 2011-03-29 10:10 i686 Cygwin

I now get this message when starting mintty ("C:\cygwin-1.7\bin\mintty.exe -"):
-bash: warning: setlocale: LC_COLLATE: cannot change locale (FR)

The warning remains if .bashrc and .bash_profile are empty.
For some reason, even if I do not set it, I have LANG=FR.

I have also tried to add:
export LANG="C.UTF-8"
and/or
export LC_ALL="C.UTF-8"
in .bashrc but it does not change anything.

This worked fine with 1.7.8 with export LC_ALL="C.UTF-8" in .bashrc.

Thanks,

Frédéric

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Re: [1.7.9] bash: warning: setlocale: LC_COLLATE: cannot change locale (FR)

[Andy Koppe]

2011/4/3 Frédéric Bron:
> I have just upgraded to 1.7.9:
> $ uname
> CYGWIN_NT-5.1 VOR-CRV-01660 1.7.9(0.237/5/3) 2011-03-29 10:10 i686 Cygwin
>
> I now get this message when starting mintty ("C:\cygwin-1.7\bin\mintty.exe -"):
> -bash: warning: setlocale: LC_COLLATE: cannot change locale (FR)

Check the locale setting on the Text page of mintty's options dialog.

> The warning remains if .bashrc and .bash_profile are empty.
> For some reason, even if I do not set it, I have LANG=FR.
>
> I have also tried to add:
> export LANG="C.UTF-8"
> and/or
> export LC_ALL="C.UTF-8"
> in .bashrc but it does not change anything.

That's because setting the locale there is too late both for mintty
and for bash.

Andy

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Re: [1.7.9] bash: warning: setlocale: LC_COLLATE: cannot change locale (FR)

[Frédéric Bron]

>> I now get this message when starting mintty ("C:\cygwin-1.7\bin\mintty.exe -"):
>> -bash: warning: setlocale: LC_COLLATE: cannot change locale (FR)
>
> Check the locale setting on the Text page of mintty's options dialog.

It was empty. That now works fine. Thank you. I wonder why it was
working fine with 1.7.8...

Frédéric

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[1.7.9] bash: warning: setlocale: LC_COLLATE: cannot change locale (FR)

[Andy Koppe]

On Monday, 4 April 2011, Frédéric Bron wrote:
>>> I now get this message when starting mintty ("C:\cygwin-1.7\bin\mintty.exe -"):
>>> -bash: warning: setlocale: LC_COLLATE: cannot change locale (FR)
>>
>> Check the locale setting on the Text page of mintty's options dialog.
>
> It was empty.

Which is the default, in which case mintty uses the locale set in its
environment, or Cygwin's default locale if nothing is set. So this
probably means that something has set LANG to 'FR' in your Windows
environment. You could try confirming that in a Command Prompt.

> That now works fine.

You mean after setting the locale in the mintty options?

> Thank you.

You're welcome.

> I wonder why it was working fine with 1.7.8...

I don't think it's anything to do with the update. There's been no
relevant change, and there's no good reason why Cygwin would set a
locale like that. A valid one would be 'fr_FR'. I'd suspect some other
software you installed or updated around the same time. Another Unix
environment perhaps?

Andy

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Re: [1.7.9] bash: warning: setlocale: LC_COLLATE: cannot change locale (FR)

[Frédéric Bron]

>> That now works fine.
>
> You mean after setting the locale in the mintty options?

Yes

> I don't think it's anything to do with the update. There's been no
> relevant change, and there's no good reason why Cygwin would set a
> locale like that. A valid one would be 'fr_FR'. I'd suspect some other
> software you installed or updated around the same time. Another Unix
> environment perhaps?

Never mind. It is not working fine.
Thanks,

Frédéric

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Re: [1.7.9] bash: warning: setlocale: LC_COLLATE: cannot change locale (FR)

[Andy Koppe]

2011/4/5 Frédéric Bron:
>> You mean after setting the locale in the mintty options?
>
> Yes
>
>> I don't think it's anything to do with the update. There's been no
>> relevant change, and there's no good reason why Cygwin would set a
>> locale like that. A valid one would be 'fr_FR'. I'd suspect some other
>> software you installed or updated around the same time. Another Unix
>> environment perhaps?
>
> Never mind. It is not working fine.

I assume s/not/now/, but in any case it would still be helpful if you
could confirm that the LANG=FR setting did come from the Windows
environment, e.g. using the 'set' command in a Command Prompt. Even
better if you had an idea where the setting came from, in case others
stumble across this in future.

Regards,
Andy

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Re: [1.7.9] bash: warning: setlocale: LC_COLLATE: cannot change locale (FR)

[e.vacchi]

Andy Koppe <andy.koppe <at> gmail.com> writes:


> I assume s/not/now/, but in any case it would still be helpful if you
> could confirm that the LANG=FR setting did come from the Windows
> environment, e.g. using the 'set' command in a Command Prompt. Even
> better if you had an idea where the setting came from, in case others
> stumble across this in future.

Windows does set LANG= to your locale; in my case %LANG% is IT




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Re: [1.7.9] bash: warning: setlocale: LC_COLLATE: cannot change locale (FR)

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Dec  5 11:37, e.vacchi wrote:
> Andy Koppe <andy.koppe <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
> 
> > I assume s/not/now/, but in any case it would still be helpful if you
> > could confirm that the LANG=FR setting did come from the Windows
> > environment, e.g. using the 'set' command in a Command Prompt. Even
> > better if you had an idea where the setting came from, in case others
> > stumble across this in future.
> 
> Windows does set LANG= to your locale; in my case %LANG% is IT

Windows does not set $LANG by default, nor does it set it when you
change your regional options.  There must be some specific software
component which thought it a good idea to set LANG.  Either way, neither
"FR" nor "IT" are POSIX compatible locale settings.

You can workaround the issue by either unsetting LANG before calling
bash, setting it to a POSIX compatible value, or by utilizing the
/usr/share/locale/locale.alias file.  Just add a line like this to
locale.alias:

  IT	it_IT.utf8



Corinna

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