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Please check that "system/locale" package and "system/locale/en_us" are installed.

In case you dont want to add more packages you can get rid of the error message by using the C locale.

Set LANG=C and verify what else you have in your locale environment, use "locale" command.

root@<Server>:~# pkg list -a system/locale

pkg: Unable to set locale 'en_US.UTF-8'; locale package may be broken or

not installed.  Reverting to C locale.

NAME (PUBLISHER)                                  VERSION                    IFO

system/locale                                     0.5.11-0.175.3.0.0.26.2    ---

root@<Server>:~# pkg list -a system/locale/en_us

pkg: Unable to set locale 'en_US.UTF-8'; locale package may be broken or

not installed.  Reverting to C locale.

pkg list: no packages matching 'system/locale/en_us' allowed by installed incorporations, or image variants that are known or installed

Use -af to allow all versions.

root@<Server>:~#

For locale I have:

LANG=en_US.UTF-8

LC_CTYPE="C"

LC_NUMERIC="C"

LC_TIME="C"

LC_COLLATE="C"

LC_MONETARY="C"

LC_MESSAGES="C"

LC_ALL=

Would I have any issues running on C locale for all above?

Edit: I've set the environment/LANG to C using the following cmd:

     svccfg -s environment:init setprop environment/LANG = astring: C

and checking the SMF property I get the right value:

     svccfg -s svc:/system/environment:init listprop environment/LANG

     environment/LANG astring     C

but with locale cmd there is no difference:

     root@H<Server>:~# locale

     LANG=en_US.UTF-8

     LC_CTYPE="C"

     LC_NUMERIC="C"

     LC_TIME="C"

     LC_COLLATE="C"

     LC_MONETARY="C"

     LC_MESSAGES="C"

     LC_ALL=

     root@<Server>:~#

And I still get the same error. So this LANG=en_US.UTF-8 must be set someplace else in SMF?

Hi Renaud,

I answered above some of the issues I have encountered.

Having not found the right setting to fall-back to C for the LANG variable,  I have made a /etc FS-wide search for the string and fount these:

root@<Server>:~# find /etc -type f|xargs grep "en_US.UTF-8"

/etc/svc/profile/site/sc_profile.xml:        <propval type="astring" name="LANG" value="en_US.UTF-8"/>

/etc/svc/profile/sysconfig/sysconfig-20160804-231234/sc_profile.xml:        <propval type="astring" name="LANG" value="en_US.UTF-8"/>

/etc/svc/profile/sysconfig/sysconfig-20160804-231234/svc:_system_environment:init-backup:        <propval name='LANG' type='astring' value='en_US.UTF-8'/>

/etc/svc/profile/sysconfig/sysconfig-20160811-064501/svc:_system_environment:init-backup:        <propval name='LANG' type='astring' value='en_US.UTF-8'/>

Could they be a clue in what direction to go to get rid of that error?

From init(1M) man page

   init and System Booting

       When  the  system  is booted, init is invoked and the following occurs.

       First, it reads the  properties  for  the  svc:/system/environment:init

       service.  Among these properties are values for locale-related environ-

       ments, such as LANG or LC_CTYPE.

So you need to reboot the system for the change to apply system-wide

Yes I already did that and it did the trick. Strange that even Oracle suggests refreshing the SMF service after setting the locale (https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E36784_01/html/E36823/glmec.html ). That might be only to see if the value was updated but they should mention that it will take effect after reboot.

After first reboot I got a dozen lines about "failed to set locale" as the system started rebooting but after reboot it was gone.

Now what should I expect in terms of differences in operations to the en_US.UTF-8?

Thanks.

For the difference between 'C' vs 'en_US.UTF-8'

https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23824_01/html/E26033/glmbx.html

https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23824_01/html/E26033/glmde.html#scrolltoc

Note that you have given a link to the 11.2 documentation. The 11.3 documentation is different:

Working with Languages and Locales - International Language Environments Guide for Oracle® Solaris 11.3