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David Planella (dpm) wrote : Language selector sets incorrect values for variables in locales with existing @ variants

It seems that for locales which have got language variants (e.g. ca and ca@valencia, sr and sr@latin), language-selector sets the locale-related environment variables incorrectly as the variant instead of the main language, despite the main language being selected at install time.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Start a fresh Ubuntu installation
2. Select Catalan as the language (language code 'ca'), and a location in Spain
3. Continue the installation until finished
4. Log in to your new Ubuntu installation
5. The desktop is translated in the ca@valencia variant of the Catalan locale

Expected:

5. The desktop is translated in the main variant of the Catalan locale: ca

Here's what such a system has for a locale after installation. Notice the LANGUAGE, LC_CTYPE, LC_COLLATE, LC_MESSAGES variables being set to the incorrect values.

$ locale
 LANG=ca_ES.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=ca@valencia:en
 LC_CTYPE=ca_ES.UTF-8@valencia
 LC_NUMERIC="ca_ES.UTF-8"
 LC_TIME="ca_ES.UTF-8"
 LC_COLLATE=ca_ES.UTF-8@valencia
 LC_MONETARY="ca_ES.UTF-8"
 LC_MESSAGES=ca_ES.UTF-8@valencia
 LC_PAPER="ca_ES.UTF-8"
 LC_NAME="ca_ES.UTF-8"
 LC_ADDRESS="ca_ES.UTF-8"
 LC_TELEPHONE="ca_ES.UTF-8"
 LC_MEASUREMENT="ca_ES.UTF-8"

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: language-selector (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Oct 18 11:54:23 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110319)
SourcePackage: language-selector
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-15 (2 days ago)