Re: How to make locale settings more robust

[Anadon]

OK.  So there isn't a default fallback mechanism for variants of a
language by design.  Then how do I get these other variants to work at
all?  I have 529 translation files I need to check.

On Sat, Jun 10, 2023 at 3:28 AM Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> wrote:
>
> Thanks for jumping in, Miguel.
>
> Miguel Ángel Arruga Vivas wrote:
> > Usually this is enough:
> >
> >   unset LC_ALL
> >   LANGUAGE="<locale>" <program> <args>...
>
> Note: This does not work in all circumstances. More precisely, if the first
> of the two environment values $LANG, $LC_MESSAGES that is non-empty is
> 'C' or 'POSIX', or if none of the values $LANG, $LC_MESSAGES is non-empty,
> LANGUAGE has no effect.
>
> Bruno
>
> [2] 
> https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/The-LANGUAGE-variable.html
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