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Re: cannot set LC_CTYPE locale

From: Mark Phippard <markphip_at_gmail.com>
Date: 2007-05-29 17:34:15 CEST

On 5/29/07, Giulio Troccoli <Giulio.Troccoli@uk.linedata.com> wrote:
> I have just upgraded Subversion to 1.4.3 using the CollabNet Client
> Package. The server, on another machine of course, is 1.3.2.
>
> Now every time I use Subversion I get this
>
> ken gtroccol> svn --version
> svn: warning: cannot set LC_CTYPE locale
> svn: warning: environment variable LANG is en_GB.UTF-8
> svn: warning: please check that your locale name is correct
>
> Subversion seems to work fine, but what does this message actually
> means? Should I be worried about it? How can I fix it?

You can sort of fix it by setting LANG=C. That makes the messages go
away. The only problem you might run into is if you have path names
in your repository that use UTF-8 characters.

I think the problem is something in how the client is built. We have
not been able to pin it down yet though.

-- 
Thanks
Mark Phippard
http://markphip.blogspot.com/
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