[Git][debian-edu/debian-edu-config][personal/sunweaver/first-user-fullname-with-umlauts] ldap-tools/ldap-debian-edu-install: Make sure interactions with debconf are UTF-8 based.

Mike Gabriel pushed to branch personal/sunweaver/first-user-fullname-with-umlauts at Debian Edu / debian-edu-config


Commits:
f66d732a by Mike Gabriel at 2026-08-19T22:39:25+02:00
ldap-tools/ldap-debian-edu-install: Make sure interactions with debconf are UTF-8 based.

This resolves GECOS field transliteration after having retrieved
debian-edu-config/first-user-fullname from the debconf db.

(Closes: #939717).

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1 changed file:

- ldap-tools/ldap-debian-edu-install


Changes:

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ldap-tools/ldap-debian-edu-install
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@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
+# Assure that interaction with debconf database are UTF-8 interactions.
+export LANG=C.UTF-8
+
 # This script is run during installation of the main server inside Debian Installer.
 # Don't ever use it manually! You will definitely ruin your main server!
 
@@ -111,7 +114,7 @@ fi
 ################# password available now ##################
 
 lookup_mac_addrs() {
-    PATH=/sbin:$PATH LANG=C ifconfig 2>/dev/null | grep -i hwaddr | awk '{print $5}' | sort -u
+    PATH=/sbin:$PATH ifconfig 2>/dev/null | grep -i hwaddr | awk '{print $5}' | sort -u
 }
 
 slapd_stop() {



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