Re: sed bug when installing texlive-latex-base

[Terje Bråten]

More info about the bug I just reported:
$ sed --version
GNU sed version 4.2.1
Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
to the extent permitted by law.

GNU sed home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/sed/>.
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.
E-mail bug reports to: <address@hidden>.
Be sure to include the word ``sed'' somewhere in the ``Subject:'' field.


Then I googled the problem and saw that someone else had a similar
problem when they used sed in a different locale.

Here is the outpout of my locale command:
$ locale
LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=nb:en
LC_CTYPE=nb_NO.UTF-8
LC_NUMERIC="nb_NO.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="nb_NO.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE=nb_NO.UTF-8
LC_MONETARY="nb_NO.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES=nb_NO.UTF-8
LC_PAPER="nb_NO.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="nb_NO.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="nb_NO.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="nb_NO.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="nb_NO.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="nb_NO.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=


Then I tried the command: LC_ALL=C apt-get install --reinstall
texlive-latex base
and then everything went ok.
So I think this bug is related to the locale used.

Terje.