Re: [gentoo-user] LC_CTYPE and de_DE.utf8: Weirdness

Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> [14-11-24 03:41]:
> On Sunday 23 Nov 2014 17:06:21 meino.cramer@×××.de wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Currently I am getting problems in the area of locale settings.
> >
> > On my PC I set
> >     echo $LC_CTYPE
> >     de_DE.utf8
> > the settings are done here:
> >
> >     /etc>sudo grep -r de_DE.utf8
> >     profile.env:export LC_CTYPE='de_DE.utf8'
> >     env.d/02locale:LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8
> >     csh.env:setenv LC_CTYPE 'de_DE.utf8'
> >
> > I have done the same on my little embedded system following
> > the instruction for setting up a Gentoo system (I think...but
> > obviously I must have done something wrong...
> >
> > Doing "locale -a" on the embedded system produces:
> >
> >     Arietta G25 A:/root>locale -a
> >     locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or
> > directory C
> >     POSIX
> >     de_DE
> >     de_DE.iso88591
> >     de_DE.iso885915@euro
> >     de_DE@euro
> >     deutsch
> >     en_US
> >     en_US.iso88591
> >     en_US.utf8
> >     german
> >
> > The message printed right after the command appears not only here, but
> > at several other occasions like compiling etc...
> >
> >
> > Doing "locale -a" on my PC prints a HUGE list which contains beside
> > thousands of other settings this: de_DE.utf8
> >
> > I have no clue, what I am missing here...for installation I used an
> > uptodate stage3 archive...
> >
> > Any hint what I done wrong or left undone is very appreciated...
> > Thank you very much in advance!
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Meino
>
> Did you set your required locales in /etc/locale.gen?
>
> --
> Regards,
> Mick

Hi Mick,

thanks for your reply! :)

yes I did...I thought...

But I wrote 
    de_DE.utf8
instead of
    de_DE utf8

Found that just a few minutes before I read your mail...

Now it works.

Best regards,
Meino