[Bug libc/12054] New: too many behaviors depend upon LC_ALL

[Bug libc/12054] New: too many behaviors depend upon LC_ALL

[bkorb at gnu dot org]

For years and years I've done "ls" with entries showing in ASCII order.
Recently (last few years), printers started printing past the end of
the page.  This is a new enhancement that I don't like very well.
Apparently, it comes back to glibc, "it tells us to use 290 mm page length".
I've tried LC_PAPER=en_US and LC_PAPER=letter, but that does not control
paper size.  Only LC_ALL does.  LC_ALL also controls how directories get
listed.  LC_ALL=en_US is totally brain damaged for "ls" and basically unusable.
It is all screwed up.  Please find a solution.  Misordered directories and/or
missing text on print outs is not a solution.

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           Summary: too many behaviors depend upon LC_ALL
           Product: glibc
           Version: unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: libc
        AssignedTo: drepper dot fsp at gmail dot com
        ReportedBy: bkorb at gnu dot org
                CC: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com


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[Bug libc/12054] too many behaviors depend upon LC_ALL

[drepper dot fsp at gmail dot com]

------- Additional Comments From drepper dot fsp at gmail dot com  2010-09-25 02:24 -------
It is completely up to the user to select what they want.  If LC_ALL settings by
themselves are not sufficient use LANG and then some selective LC_PAPER etc
settings.  All the flexibility is there, it's just up to the user to use it.

And what you call "brain-damaged" sorting is what almost everyone else
(especially those not infected by expectations from character encoding) think is
correct.  Go into a library and see what is the right way to sort.

All this can be controlled and overwritten using the variables influencing
setlocale.  Just use them.

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           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID


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