Re: [PATCH v2 1/8] tests: Make sure LANG is set properly for iso9660_test

[Thomas Schmitt]

Hi,

it turns out that it might be contraproductive to set LANG=en_US.UTF-8.

If the LANG locale is not listed by
  locale -a
then nl_langinfo(3) returns "ANSI_X3.4-1968".
I stumbled over this when testing LANG=de_DE.UTF8, which despite of
my location is not an available locale on my machine.

So i think that setting any locale by LANG makes daring assumptions
about its availability, unless brain is added to inspect the installed
locals and to choose one that is based on UTF-8.
This reaches quite far beyond the problem which the patch shall solve.

What route to go ?

- Choose the first UTF-8 locale offered by locale -a ?
  (What to do if none is offered ?)

- Abandon the idea of setting LANG and rather use xorrisofs charset
  options to enforce UTF-8 as origin of the conversion ?

I will for now strive for the second alternative but am ready to change
to number one.


Have a nice day :)

Thomas