Solved FreeBSD 12.2 localization issue

[scilek]

Every time I install FreeBSD, I would follow some steps to set locale to Turkish. First, I would add these lines to the end of the /etc/login.conffile:

turkce|Turkce Dil Destegi:\
    :charset=UTF-8:\
    :lang=tr_TR.UTF-8:\
    :tc=default:

Then, I would issue this command:

cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf

Then, I would add these lines to the /etc/profile file:

LANG=tr_TR.UTF-8; export LANG
MM_CHARSET=UTF-8; export MM_CHARSET

Then, I would change my shell to bash. And it worked all the time until I tried that on FreeBSD 12.2 for the first time.

Does anyone know why? What has changed? What should I do?

 

[fraxamo]

Check out this post. It seems that bash now reads from /usr/local/etc/profile instead of /etc/profile. The post also explains how you can fix it.

 

[scilek]

I see. Thank you. I will give it a try as soon as I have console access to the machine.

 

[fraxamo]

No problem. Please mark this thread as solved if it fixes the issue. That way other people that get bitten by this problem will find a resolution.

 

[scilek]

I won't have console access to the machine until Monday morning. We are stuck at home due to the pandemic. I cannot risk a reboot failure since people are using it.

 

[fraxamo]

Sure, no rush. In your own good time

 

[scilek]

Sure, no rush. In your own good time

I took the risk and the machine booted up. The modification worked like a charm. Thank you very much.