Re: NLS: use gettext() to translate system error messages
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>
Cc: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2025-12-23T20:21:10Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
I wrote: > [1] Or at least that's the intent ... but I don't see translation > happening in HEAD on my Linux box: Huh ... it works fine on another nearby RHEL machine: regression=# copy zed from '/etc/shadow'; ERROR: no se pudo abrir archivo «/etc/shadow» para lectura: Permiso denegado HINT: COPY FROM indica al proceso servidor de PostgreSQL leer un archivo. Puede desear usar una facilidad del lado del cliente como \copy de psql. But poking a little harder, the same behavior applies in other programs: RHEL8 box: $ LANG=es_ES.utf8 sed 's/x/y/' /etc/shadow sed: no se puede leer /etc/shadow: Permission denied RHEL9 box: $ LANG=es_ES.utf8 sed 's/x/y/' /etc/shadow sed: no se puede leer /etc/shadow: Permiso denegado Surely RHEL8 does not pre-date glibc's ability to translate messages. I suspect I have some system-wide setting for this, or maybe a missing package on that machine? But anyway, I think this reinforces my point that we should (and do) act similarly to other programs. regards, tom lane