[OpenIndiana-discuss] pkg update fails

[Goetz T. Fischer]

using utf8 for no reason is just asking for trouble (like this one and countless other cases). package 
names (and anything system related) should always be ascii.

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On Tue, 16 May 2023 15:18:15 +0200, Till Wegmüller wrote:
> 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
> 
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