From: Shyouhei Urabe Date: 2009-05-28T21:00:35+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:23589] [Bug #1528] setlocale is not initialized causing problems when using iconv Issue #1528 has been updated by Shyouhei Urabe. Without any setlocale call programs should explicitly behave as in "C" locale. No matter of luck are involved in it. Historically Ruby has suffered bugs and pitfalls around locales. I do not want them to raise from the dead, and sticking onto "C" locale is a secure way to prevent that. ---------------------------------------- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1528 ---------------------------------------- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org