From 9b0f2e56afcd3cba247026c1ed63b60a253fe6e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 06:51:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] (LC_ALL): Set to C.

---
 Makefile.maint | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Makefile.maint b/Makefile.maint
index 6667447e10..82c2d8057a 100644
--- a/Makefile.maint
+++ b/Makefile.maint
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ my_distdir = $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)
 # Used for diffs and xdeltas.
 release_archive_dir ?= ../release
 
+# Prevent programs like 'sort' from considering distinct strings to be equal.
+# Doing it here saves us from having to set LC_ALL elsewhere in this file.
+export LC_ALL = C
+
 
 
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