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Bruce Momjian <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
>> Specifically, LANGUAGE changes the headers of pg_controldata 
>> (but not the actual output, LC_ALL does that). Thanks for the 
>> nudge, I'll get to rewriting some code.

> pg_upgrade does this in controldata.c for this exact reason:

> 	    /*
> 	     * Because we test the pg_resetxlog output strings, it has to be in
> 	     * English.
> 	     */
> 	    if (getenv("LANG"))
> 	        lang = pg_strdup(ctx, getenv("LANG"));
> 	#ifndef WIN32
> 	    putenv(pg_strdup(ctx, "LANG=C"));
> 	#else
> 	    SetEnvironmentVariableA("LANG", "C");
> 	#endif

You do realize that's far from bulletproof?  To be sure that that does
anything, you'd need to set (or unset) LC_ALL and LC_MESSAGES as well.
And I thought Windows spelled it LANGUAGE not LANG ...

			regards, tom lane

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