[Bug 998747] [NEW] GB and ZA local settings do not work correctly since they are the same as US

[piratemurray]

Public bug reported:

I live in the UK, downloaded Ubuntu (and Firefox) from a UK mirror, my
IP is UK based, my system settings have UK British English set as
defaults system wide, my Firefox settings have English GB set as
default. However when I use the search plugins in Firefox or try and
search from the address bar, the results are for the US Google site.
Prices are in dollars, cities are in the US, news is from the US, etc
etc etc.

On inspection the language specific xml files under /usr/lib/firefox-
addons/distribution/searchplugins/locale are identical for GB and US.
Sadly for me they are for the US sites not the GB sites. The same might
be true for the ZA language specific xmls too.

As a workaround I can edit the GB ones to correctly point to the .co.uk
sites for Google and the other search enginges. Again sadly for me that
this is overwritten when FF is updated.

lsb_release -rd:
Description:	Ubuntu 11.10
Release:	11.10

apt-cache policy firefox-locale-en:
Installed: 12.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1
Candidate: 12.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1


Steps to reproduce: 
1) Select English GB as system wide language and time / date defaults
2) Select GB English to be language of choice for Firefox
3) Use the Google search engine from the search bar

Expected result:
Search engine shows .co.uk results (en-GB specific)

Actual result:
Search engine shows .com results (ignoring system and Firefox preferences)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: firefox-locale-en 12.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-20.34-generic-pae 3.0.30
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-20-generic-pae i686
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0:  mpahlan    1957 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20120423123513
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf2620000 irq 44'
   Mixer name	: 'Intel IbexPeak HDMI'
   Components	: 'HDA:14f15069,17aa214c,00100302 HDA:80862804,17aa21b5,00100000'
   Controls      : 12
   Simple ctrls  : 6
Card29.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw 6IHT38WW-1.13'
   Mixer name	: 'ThinkPad EC 6IHT38WW-1.13'
   Components	: ''
   Controls      : 1
   Simple ctrls  : 1
Card29.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'Console',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [on]
Channel: release
Date: Sun May 13 13:49:27 2012
Dependencies:
 
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.1.254 dev wlan0  proto static 
 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0  scope link  metric 1000 
 192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.1.65  metric 2
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=12.0/20120423123513 (Running)
RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-11-30 (164 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 10/25/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 6IET74WW (1.34 )
dmi.board.name: 2522CT3
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6IET74WW(1.34):bd10/25/2010:svnLENOVO:pn2522CT3:pvrThinkPadT410:rvnLENOVO:rn2522CT3:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 2522CT3
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T410
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug firefox-locale-en i386 oneiric release-channel running-unity

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