>>> I just tested by setting my machine to fr_FR, and also setting
>>> LANG=fr_FR.utf8 under Cygwin. The build failed. The I set Cygwin back to
>>> LANG=C.utf8 and the build/install succeeded. After that, I switched back
>>> to
>>> LANG=fr_FR.utf8, and initdb, pg_ctl start and psql all behaved as
>>> expected.
>>> I'm adding a note accordingly.
>>>
>>> Some day I'll try to work out why the build went boom, but now I need to
>>> move on to other things.
>>
>> The thing that *didn't* work for me previously was running it with
>> *windows* in a different locale. Meaning setting "regional settings"
>> in the control panel to something like, say, Swedish :-) Or for that
>> matter, french.
>
> Oh. Well, that worked fine for me just now. Maybe it's been fixed.
Great. Doesn't surprise me if it is, it was years ago...
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