[OpenIndiana-discuss] pkg update fails

[Till Wegmüller]

Hi all

The problem is, we keep fixing it in new spots. The last time this 
occured was a couple of python versions ago. Now it seems they again 
found a way to trigger this edge case.

We can forcefully set LANG when calling python but that variable can 
leak into the program at anytime from your ENV. Thus in general Please 
use a UTF-8 locale. Any UTF-8 locale will do. C.UTF-8 for root is 
preffered wince we always test with that but any UTF-8 locale will do.

If you have an application or user that needs a non UTF-8 locale try to 
limit the override as close to just the application as possible.

We tried to fight upstream python on this before but it's a Cat and 
mouse game and we are loosing that. As long as pkg is written in python 
this kind of error will keep happening with non UTF-8 locales.

I know this is not the good answer but it's what we can do given the 
circumstances. No other OS is fighting python on the UTF-8 issue anymore.

Hope this clarifies situation.
In short. Try to limit the usage of non UTF-8 locales to non IPS related 
informations.

-Till

On 15.05.23 22:40, Tim Mooney via openindiana-discuss wrote:
> In regard to: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] pkg update fails, Predrag 
> Zečević...:
> 
>> But, why suddenly that is required? I never had to do it...
>>
>> Will that be fixed in near future?
> 
> I remember a thread about a very similar issue, and I found it:
> 
>      Subject: pkg update is failing
>      Date: Sept 4, 2019
> 
> Predrag posted in that thread (as did I).  At the time, it was suggested 
> that
> any of the UTF8 locales would be enough.
> 
> Tim