[Bug 1947424] Re: Cannot set pbuilder build locale

[Rob Savoury]

OK, so it DOESN'T work for me when using a custom configfile. Putting
"export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8" into that custom config file and starting the
pbuilder build results in the same "LC_ALL=C" still being set, although
other LC_* env vars are now set to "C.UTF-8". So although it might be
INTENDED to work by using the custom configfile, I'm still seeing
LC_ALL=C regardless.

Also, the point is not that a "policy-conforming" package doesn't build,
it's that in the real world various real builds fail due the incorrect
locale. So in a "perfect" world then perhaps it wouldn't matter that
pbuilder is using a DIFFERENT locale than all official sbuild Debian and
Ubuntu builds. But in the actual real world it does matter, and
therefore I still consider it a serious bug and limitation.

In any case, thank you all for your feedback, and have a nice day!

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Title:
  Cannot set pbuilder build locale

Status in pbuilder package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The build locale cannot be set with pbuilder and always defaults to
  "C" (for both LANG and LC_ALL on Launchpad builds) rather than to
  "C.UTF-8" as used by sbuild for all official Debian and Ubuntu builds.
  This causes FTBFS of various packages that depend on the correct
  locale being set on the build system, often noticeable with the test
  suites of Python packages for instance.

  The attached patch changes only five lines of code (pbuilder-
  buildpackage and pbuilderrc) to allow easy setting of the pbuilder
  build locale. Based on local testing the patch works as intended, in
  that packages depending on the correct locale which FTBFS using
  unpatched pbuilder (yet build successfully with sbuild on Launchpad)
  now also build successfully with the local patched pbuilder. Please
  consider applying the patch.

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