Re: BUG #4186: set lc_messages does not work

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
>>> Thomas H. wrote:
>>>> so at least that explains the "changed" behaviour. nevertheless,
>>>> LC_MESSAGES seems to be defunct - with the "locale" folder present,
>>>> pg always picks the os' language and ignores the lc_message value.
>>> This looks like I can reproduce though, at least on cvs head. Did this
>>> work for you in previous versions?
>> Maybe we were using a different build of gettext in the previous
>> releases, one that didn't look at the same info as the current code?
>>
>> Anyway the patch mentioned at the start of the thread
>> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2008-02/msg00038.php
>> purports to fix this.  It doesn't seem to have gotten reviewed
>> though.
>
> Agreed.  Magnus, someone, can we get feedback on the patch at this URL?
>
>     http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2008-02/msg00038.php

IIRC, there was further work to be done on the patch before it was to be
applied, and we held off the review until then.

Gevik - can you comment on this? Where are we, what needs ot be done still?

//Magnus