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Cc: gavinpanella@gmail.com
Subject: BUG #18136: lc_messages is the empty string but should be 'C'?
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 15:04:55 +0000
Message-ID: <18136-4914128da6cfc502@postgresql.org> (raw)
The following bug has been logged on the website:
Bug reference: 18136
Logged by: Gavin Panella
Email address: gavinpanella@gmail.com
PostgreSQL version: 16.0
Operating system: macOS
Description:
Given a server:
```
initdb -D foo --locale=C
pg_ctl start -D foo -l logfile -w -o "-h '' -k $PWD/foo"
```
In PostgreSQL 16.0 the value of lc_messages is the empty string.
But in PostgreSQL from 9.x through to 15.x the value of lc_messages is
'C'.
I have tried using `initdb ... --lc-messages=C` and `LC_MESSAGES=C pg_ctl
start ...` and `LC_MESSAGES=C psql ...` with the same result.
However, if I run initdb with a locale other than C, e.g. POSIX or fr_FR,
then the value of lc_messages *does* reflect my choice.
Using --lc-messages with initdb also sets lc_messages as expected.
(This is something I observed from some test suites I run, and I dug into it
to see if there was a problem. Other than needing me to update those tests,
it is not affecting me at present.)
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