[lmi-commits] [lmi] master 3b95706 2/3: Explicitly specify locales in chroot

[Greg Chicares]

branch: master
commit 3b95706e92057475f98344c83cd4360d286ae640
Author: Gregory W. Chicares <address@hidden>
Commit: Gregory W. Chicares <address@hidden>

    Explicitly specify locales in chroot
---
 README.schroot | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.schroot b/README.schroot
index 3951882..476db4d 100644
--- a/README.schroot
+++ b/README.schroot
@@ -150,9 +150,12 @@ export DISPLAY=":0.0"
 export coefficiency='--jobs=32'
 
 # export TZ=UCT
-# export LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_TIME=en_DK.UTF-8 LC_COLLATE=C.UTF-8
-#  No--better to do this:
+export LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_TIME=en_DK.UTF-8 LC_COLLATE=C.UTF-8
+# It is generally preferable to do this:
 # update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_TIME=en_DK.UTF-8 LC_COLLATE=C.UTF-8
+# but neither the chroot's nor the host's /etc/default/locale is
+# sourced by schroot, which strives to set as few environment
+# variables as possible.
 
 # bindkey "\e[3~" delete-char      # Del
 # bindkey '\e[H' beginning-of-line # Home