Set LC_ALL=C rather than LANG and LC_NUMERIC to be robust against whatever settings the user has. (Martin Dobias)

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index bd6f49da2..88ad4f74b 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ aclocal_min_vers=$automake_min_vers
 autoconf_min_vers=2.54
 libtoolize_min_vers=1.4
 
-# The awk-based string->number conversion we use needs a C locale to work as expected.
-LANG=C
-LC_NUMERIC=C
+# The awk-based string->number conversion we use needs a C locale to work 
+# as expected. Setting LC_ALL overrides whether the user set LC_ALL,
+# LC_NUMERIC, or LANG.
+LC_ALL=C
 
 ARGV0=$0