Firefox interface language set to LANG, ignores LANGUAGE
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Mozilla Firefox |
Confirmed
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Medium
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Ubuntu Translations |
Triaged
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
amule (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
firefox (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: firefox
Firefox appears to misinterpret the locale environment variables set by the Language Support tool. It uses LANG instead of LANGUAGE.
Use case:
I am a software engineer, so I prefer to have my user interface language set to English ("en_GB" if possible, fall back to "en"). I'm Dutch and live in the Netherlands, so all measurements, paper sizes, and currency localization are set to "nl_NL". This works for all GTK+ applications as expected. Firefox however sets its interface language to Dutch instead of English.
As far as I can tell, the Language Support tool in Lucid Lynx sets LANGUAGE and LANG:
LANG=nl_NL.utf8
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
This seems to be a bug in Firefox.
Possibly related bugs:
bug 539761 (LC_MESSAGES misinterpreted)
Changed in firefox (Ubuntu): | |
milestone: | none → ubuntu-10.04 |
status: | New → Confirmed |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
description: | updated |
Changed in firefox (Ubuntu): | |
milestone: | ubuntu-10.04 → none |
Changed in ubuntu-translations: | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in firefox: | |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in firefox: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in amule (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in firefox: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
Changed in firefox (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
tags: | added: patch |
Amazing how fast you guys responded to this!
Thank you!
I am looking forward ot the update.
Martin
2010/5/6 Steve Langasek <email address hidden>
> ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) /bugs.launchpad .net/bugs/ 550222
> Milestone: ubuntu-10.04 => None
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