[Bug libc/16621] New: C.UTF-8 locales should be regarded like C w.r.t. $LANGUAGE precedence

["vincent-srcware at vinc17 dot net" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16621

            Bug ID: 16621
           Summary: C.UTF-8 locales should be regarded like C w.r.t.
                    $LANGUAGE precedence
           Product: glibc
           Version: 2.18
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: libc
          Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org
          Reporter: vincent-srcware at vinc17 dot net
                CC: drepper.fsp at gmail dot com

Scripts tend to use LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 instead of LC_ALL=C for UTF-8 support and to
behave in a locale-independent manner. However $LANGUAGE is still taken into
account by glibc:

xvii% LANGUAGE=fr_FR LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 cp
cp: opÃrande de fichier manquant
Saisissez  cp --help  pour plus d'informations.
xvii% LANGUAGE=fr_FR LC_ALL=C cp
cp: missing file operand
Try 'cp --help' for more information.

Both should have output in English.

Glibc should apply the same rules with C.UTF-8 as with C locales.

Also reported in Debian:
  https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=719590

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