From 487a6d6ada0b08e6a7276520ebc61cd851005e7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Niko Tyni Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 21:36:17 +0300 Subject: Squelch locale warnings in Debian package maintainer scripts Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/508764 The system locales are rather frequently out of sync with the C library during package upgrades, causing a huge amount of useless Perl locale warnings. Squelch them when running package maintainer scripts, detected by the DPKG_RUNNING_VERSION environment variable. Any real locale problem will show up after the system upgrade too, and the warning will be triggered normally again at that point. Patch-Name: debian/squelch-locale-warnings.diff Upstream-Status: Pending --- locale.c | 5 ++++- pod/perllocale.pod | 8 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/locale.c b/locale.c index 7a4a418..fdf911d 100644 --- a/locale.c +++ b/locale.c @@ -674,7 +674,10 @@ Perl_init_i18nl10n(pTHX_ int printwarn) const bool locwarn = (printwarn > 1 || (printwarn - && (! bad_lang_use_once + && + /* Debian specific change - see http://bugs.debian.org/508764 */ + (!PerlEnv_getenv("DPKG_RUNNING_VERSION")) && + (! bad_lang_use_once || ( /* disallow with "" or "0" */ *bad_lang_use_once diff --git a/pod/perllocale.pod b/pod/perllocale.pod index 701b422..58cabaf 100644 --- a/pod/perllocale.pod +++ b/pod/perllocale.pod @@ -1217,6 +1217,14 @@ B: C only gives you a way to hide the warning message. The message tells about some problem in your system's locale support, and you should investigate what the problem is. +=item DPKG_RUNNING_VERSION + +On Debian systems, if the DPKG_RUNNING_VERSION environment variable is +set (to any value), the locale failure warnings will be suppressed just +like with a zero PERL_BADLANG setting. This is done to avoid floods +of spurious warnings during system upgrades. +See L. + =back The following environment variables are not specific to Perl: They are