Locale not being picked up by systemd and forwarded to apps
Bug #1655087 reported by
Larry Price
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu-system-settings (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Latest Zesty (systemd-based system)
Setting the "Display language" in System Settings does not seem to properly forward the locale environment variables to apps except for the Dash. To reproduce:
* Log in to Unity 8 session
* Open System Settings -> "Language & Text" -> change "Display language" to anything else
* Reboot
* Log back in to Unity 8 session
* Open "Terminal" (ubuntu-
* Run `locale` or `echo $LANG` and note that the language is still the system default
Expected behavior: `locale` should return the language set in System Settings. This seems to work fine in an upstart-based system with xenial+overlay.
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