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Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 22:58:08 +0200
From: Reini Urban <rurban@x-ray.at>
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Subject: Re: postgresql package and error message translations
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Dmitry Teslenko schrieb:
> Hello!
> I use postgresql tools such as psql, pg_dump, etc.
> If I invoke them as "/bin/psql" they product error (and probably other) messages
> in english; but if I invoke them as "psql" or "/usr/bin/psql" they
> produce messages
> in my native language (russian) in koi8-r encoding and windows' default encoding
> for text in my native language is cp1251 (or windows-1251). That means I get
> garbage in terminal.
> I've chosen unix file format when installing cygwin and problem
> described can be
> observed with both "current" and "experimental" versions of cygwin packages.
> I have no interest in error messages in my native language so is there way
> to turn them off once and for all?

That's an expensive feature you are annoyed at :)
export LC_MESSAGES=C
should do it theoretically.

However for me it didn't work.
You can delete or rename your locale catalog as last ressort.
   /usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/psql.mo
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