Bug#759726: lintian: when LANG or LC_ALL are unset lintian fails to execute

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

On Fri, 29 Aug 2014 20:29:56 +0200 Michael Prokop <mika@debian.org> wrote:
> Package: lintian
> Version: 2.5.25
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> When LANG or LC_ALL are unset lintian fails to execute:
> 

Hi Michael,

Thanks for the report.


> [...]
> 
> As soon as LANG or LC_ALL are set it works fine, so maybe just
> assume POSIX or C as default if they are unset?
> 
> regards,
> -mika-
> 
> 

It turns out that the problem occurs if the variable *is set* but set to
the empty string.  If you completely unset the ENV vars, the warning
disappears and lintian correctly defaults to C.UTF-8

~Niels