fix Japanese GUI reconfig mode (SF #51989)

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/gui.py b/gui.py
index e7d790191..85fbbfc39 100755
--- a/gui.py
+++ b/gui.py
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
 #
 
 import os
-# msw says this is a good idea
-os.environ["LC_ALL"] = "C"
-
 import GDK
 import gdkpixbuf
 import iutil
diff --git a/language.py b/language.py
index 4d712456c..c3e383ca2 100644
--- a/language.py
+++ b/language.py
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ def expandLangs(str):
 class InstallTimeLanguage:
 
     def __init__ (self):
-        self.current = "en_US"
+        if os.environ.has_key("LANG"):
+            self.current = os.environ["LANG"]
+        else:
+            self.current = "en_US"
 	if os.access("lang-table", os.R_OK):
 	    f = open("lang-table", "r")
 	elif os.access("/etc/lang-table", os.R_OK):