From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
cc: jayknowsunix@gmail.com,
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Subject: Re: Missing locale files according to psql
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Comments: In-reply-to Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
 message dated "Mon, 22 Sep 2014 14:34:55 -0400"
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 15:18:48 -0400
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> On 9/22/14 2:08 PM, jayknowsunix@gmail.com wrote:
>> Ok, enough, but if they're not included in the PostgreSQL rpm, why does psql look for them?

> This is how locales work, independent of PostgreSQL or psql.  You set a
> locale in the environment, the operating system looks if locale
> information files are installed, and if not in proceeds with a fallback.

Perhaps more to the point: there is a defined search path that libc is
supposed to follow when looking to see if there is a messages file for
the application.  It does not know in advance whether the app has a
messages file or exactly where in the path it'll be located.

			regards, tom lane


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