[Pkg-postgresql-public] Bug#791526: Bug#791526: postgresql-9.4: postgresql needs locales-all to create cluster on install

[Christoph Berg]

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Re: Malte Dik 2015-07-05 <20150705183406.2424.6470.reportbug at solidarity.enteig.net>
> Source: postgresql-9.4
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> I discovered that creating an initial cluster failed when installing
> package "postgresql" (and therewith "postgresql-9.4") on a variety of
> machines running Debian jessie.
> 
> Through trial-and-error I discovered that installing the package
> "locales-all" resolved the problem.
> 
> I therefore would ask for "locales-all" to be put in the list of
> dependencies of postgresql-9.4.
> 
> 
> I leave out system info as this applies to amd64, i386, armhf running
> jessie as well as unstable.

This would have told us your locale setting.

Does running "locale" spit out warnings on a system where you haven't
yet installed locales-all?

Fwiw we already have Suggests: locales-all.

Christoph
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