Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 03:30:55 +0930 From: Shane Ambler <FreeBSD@ShaneWare.Biz> To: Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Modify bsdinstall to set the default locale? Message-ID: <540362D7.7030102@ShaneWare.Biz> In-Reply-To: <54035039.9020709@freebsd.org> References: <CAG=rPVfFGgHLeOXuRR3Ce5Dg892ATY-Of6h0jSZnxBsmDTjzWA@mail.gmail.com> <54035039.9020709@freebsd.org>
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On 01/09/2014 02:11, Allan Jude wrote: > On 2014-08-31 12:36, Craig Rodrigues wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I recently did a fresh install of FreeBSD-10.stable on a new machine. >> >> If I run the 'locale', I get this: >> >> LANG= >> LC_CTYPE="C" >> LC_COLLATE="C" >> LC_TIME="C" >> LC_NUMERIC="C" >> LC_MONETARY="C" >> LC_MESSAGES="C" >> LC_ALL= >> >> Can we add something to bsdinstall/bsdconfig for setting the default locale? >> >> We already have stuff in the installer for setting the keyboard and timezone. >> -- >> Craig > > That would seem to make sense. Where do these settings actually get > stored? Where would I find a list of the possible settings to create the > dialog? > > I've never tried to use any of the alternative locales > They are environment variables - we can set manually in ~/.cshrc Any unset will equal the LANG setting - empty just falls to "C". Handbook Chapter 22 on localisation shows setting it in /etc/login.conf which currently only has a lang setting for Russian accounts. It also notes that Chinese, Japanese, and Korean will need to set more than just lang. -- FreeBSD - the place to B...Software Developing Shane Ambler
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