On 04/18/2011 12:09 PM, Volker Poplawski wrote: > On 04/18/2011 06:52 PM, Joseph L. Casale wrote: >>> Actually I'm trying to figure out where these lines originate from >> >> I see >> >>> Executing(%prep): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.86989 >>> + umask 022 >>> + cd /home/user/rpmbuild/BUILD >>> + LANG=C >>> + export LANG >>> >>> The setting of LANG messes up my build, which relies on Utf8. >> >> So export this in the build environments shell, afaik if its previously >> it will not redefine it. >> >> export LANG=en_US.UTF-8 >> rpmbuild<...> >> >> Try that out. > > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > is already set on Centos 5. > > What does help is to put export LANG=en_US.UTF-8 first line in the > %prep, %build... sections > > Afaik UTF-8 is default for most linux distributions nowadays (not sure > about debian). I wonder why (and where) rpmbuild on centos sets LANG to > something different. I can tell that OpenSuse 11.x does not modify LANG > in rpmbuild as I'm porting a package from there. All RPMs are built with LANG=C ... you will need to set it yourself if you want something else. Several packages need LANG=C to build correct, which is why utf8 is overridden. It is done in CentOS because it is done in RHEL. See Ned Slider's post earlier in this thread. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 253 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20110419/3c31c7bd/attachment-0005.sig>