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Tue, Jul 28, 2009 4:03 AM #

When checking an R package of mine, I get

* checking R files for syntax errors ... WARNING
Warning in Sys.setlocale("LC_CTYPE", "en_US") :
   OS reports request to set locale to "en_US" cannot be honored

'Sys.setlocale' is not used in any of my R functions. What should I do 
to fix the Warning? I have never seen this before.

My locale is "sv_SE", on ubuntu 9.04

 > sessionInfo()
R version 2.9.1 Patched (2009-07-27 r49006)
x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

locale:
LC_CTYPE=sv_SE;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=sv_SE;LC_COLLATE=sv_SE;LC_MONETARY=C;LC_MESSAGES=sv_SE;LC_PAPER=sv_SE;LC_NAME=C;LC_ADDRESS=C;LC_TELEPHONE=C;LC_MEASUREMENT=sv_SE;LC_IDENTIFICATION=C

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base

G?ran

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Peter Dalgaard

Tue, Jul 28, 2009 6:02 AM #

G?ran Brostr?m wrote:

The logic is in src/library/tools/R/QC.R (.check_package_code_syntax). 
If I read correctly, the underlying reason could be that you have 
"Encoding: latin1" in DESCRIPTION.

For a workaround, you could play with the R_ENCODING_LOCALES environment 
variable (documented in R-exts), but I suspect it is easier just to 
install en_US.

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Göran Broström

Tue, Jul 28, 2009 7:59 AM #

Peter Dalgaard wrote:

Thanks, I installed en_US and the Warning went away.

G?ran