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-rw-r--r--Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl b/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl
index 6c4485be00..3caa216c8c 100644
--- a/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl
+++ b/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl
@@ -222,6 +222,15 @@ PERLASM_SCHEME= {- $target{perlasm_scheme} -}
# the 80386.
PROCESSOR= {- $config{processor} -}
+# We want error [and other] messages in English. Trouble is that make(1)
+# doesn't pass macros down as environment variables unless there already
+# was corresponding variable originally set. In other words we can only
+# reassign environment variables, but not set new ones, not in portable
+# manner that is. That's why we reassign several, just to be sure...
+LC_ALL=C
+LC_MESSAGES=C
+LANG=C
+
# The main targets ###################################################
{- dependmagic('all'); -}: build_libs_nodep build_engines_nodep build_programs_nodep link-utils