* English install from a US location
* Change formats from g-c-c to en_DK.UTF-8
- to get reasonable date formats
- this changes both "region" and ~/.pam_environment
* Install French from Language Support
* Change formats from Language Support to fr_FR.UTF-8
- this changes ~/.pam_environment but not "region"
* Relogin
Steps to show an example when this issue matters:
* English install from a US location
* Change formats from g-c-c to en_DK.UTF-8
- to get reasonable date formats
- this changes both "region" and ~/.pam_environment
* Install French from Language Support
* Change formats from Language Support to fr_FR.UTF-8
- this changes ~/.pam_environment but not "region"
* Relogin
Result:
$ cat .pam_environment fr_FR.UTF- 8 fr_FR.UTF- 8 fr_FR.UTF- 8 fr_FR.UTF- 8 fr_FR.UTF- 8 fr_FR.UTF- 8 ON=fr_FR. UTF-8 "en_US. UTF-8" en_DK.UTF- 8 "en_US. UTF-8" en_DK.UTF- 8 "en_US. UTF-8" en_DK.UTF- 8 fr_FR.UTF- 8 fr_FR.UTF- 8 en_DK.UTF- 8 ON=fr_FR. UTF-8
LC_NUMERIC=
LC_TIME=fr_FR.UTF-8
LC_MONETARY=
LC_PAPER=
LC_NAME=fr_FR.UTF-8
LC_ADDRESS=
LC_TELEPHONE=
LC_MEASUREMENT=
LC_IDENTIFICATI
PAPERSIZE=a4
$ locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=
LC_CTYPE=
LC_NUMERIC=
LC_TIME=en_DK.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE=
LC_MONETARY=
LC_MESSAGES=
LC_PAPER=
LC_NAME=fr_FR.UTF-8
LC_ADDRESS=
LC_TELEPHONE=
LC_MEASUREMENT=
LC_IDENTIFICATI
LC_ALL=