# 
# patch "ChangeLog"
#  from [f5dab99679780f45758170f2d4ab633df1fcd9e4]
#    to [0d0d192fb860b82bf2e1dbcd49ab0c66083de496]
# 
# patch "ui.cc"
#  from [cc03687f663ce5479070baa73a9c793ac16b1761]
#    to [0fa61fa5c584e05a187d6c7e29c8336e4d7f3455]
# 
========================================================================
--- ChangeLog	f5dab99679780f45758170f2d4ab633df1fcd9e4
+++ ChangeLog	0d0d192fb860b82bf2e1dbcd49ab0c66083de496
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2005-09-25  Matt Johnston  <address@hidden>
 
+	* ui.cc: fallback to the default locale if locale("") fails.
+
+2005-09-25  Matt Johnston  <address@hidden>
+
 	* botan/arc4.cpp: increase maximum keylength to 256 bytes.
 
 2005-09-24  Satoru SATOH <address@hidden>
========================================================================
--- ui.cc	cc03687f663ce5479070baa73a9c793ac16b1761
+++ ui.cc	0fa61fa5c584e05a187d6c7e29c8336e4d7f3455
@@ -380,10 +380,23 @@
   return w;
 }
 
-// a cache used to avoid initialising locale("") on every call to boost::format
 const locale &
 get_user_locale()
 {
-  static const locale user_locale("");
+  // this is awkward because if LC_CTYPE is set to something the
+  // runtime doesn't know about, it will fail. in that case,
+  // the default will have to do.
+  static bool init = false;
+  static locale user_locale;
+  if (!init)
+    {
+      init = true;
+      try
+        {
+          user_locale = locale("");
+        }
+      catch( ... )
+        {}
+    }
   return user_locale;
 }