How do I set a different language to test psql? (/**** QUERY ****/)

Started by Kirk Wolakover 2 years ago2 messages
#1Kirk Wolak
wolakk@gmail.com

Team,
I made the /**** QUERY ****/ changes.
And I found the .po files, and modified those to match.

make checkworld -- worked

Anyway, I have NO IDEA how I run psql in a different language.
I tried gnome-language-selector, I installed Russian/Czech.
I switched my entire system to Russian.

git, make, all respond in russian.

But not psql? (First, I assume that I should check that the translations
worked),
Second... Does ANYONE do this? (I snapshotted my VM in case it gets so bad
that I have to revert to get English back, so at least I have a safety net).

Thanks in advance.

Kirk...
PS: I would have posted the patch files, but I want to work on the tooling
to generate proper patch headers.

#2Tom Lane
tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us
In reply to: Kirk Wolak (#1)
Re: How do I set a different language to test psql? (/**** QUERY ****/)

Kirk Wolak <wolakk@gmail.com> writes:

I made the /**** QUERY ****/ changes.
And I found the .po files, and modified those to match.

It's not your job to modify the .po files, at least not unless
you join the translation team --- and even then, it'd not happen
till after the core patch gets committed.

Anyway, I have NO IDEA how I run psql in a different language.
I tried gnome-language-selector, I installed Russian/Czech.
I switched my entire system to Russian.
git, make, all respond in russian.
But not psql?

Sounds like you did not configure with --enable-nls. If you
did, it should respond to LC_MESSAGES or the other usual locale
environment variables.

regards, tom lane