[TriLUG] Wierd month strings in ls -l <solved>

[Steve Litt via TriLUG]

This was a locale problem I fixed by putting the right language
in /etc/locale.conf and /etc/default/libc-locales.

Thanks,

SteveT



On Fri, 16 Oct 2015 01:49:42 -0400
Steve Litt via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> On one of my Void Linux machines, the ls -l command produces oddball
> strings for the months. I've proven conclusively  that it always gives
> the same string for the same month: It's not just garbage. Here are
> the strings:
> 
> January     qun   
> February    nah   
> March       cig   
> April       agd   
> May         cax   
> June        qas   
> July        qad   
> August      leq   
> September   way   
> October     dit   
> November    xim   
> December    kax   
> 
> It's just garbage from the ls -l output: the files sort just fine, and
> ls --full-time is accurate and has the expected format. The files'
> date stamps are intact, it's just a problem with the way ls -l prints
> the months.
> 
> I've updated the machine's software, and that didn't change the
> symptom.
> 
> Has anyone seen this before?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> SteveT