Call setlocale and bindtextdomain in the http method

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1d6ca2526..28279ebf4 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 apt (0.5.32) unstable; urgency=low
 
-  * 
+  * Call setlocale and bindtextdomain in the http method, so that the
+    messages are properly localised (Closes: #282700)
 
  --
 
diff --git a/methods/http.cc b/methods/http.cc
index 3bb29cde0..68653fbb3 100644
--- a/methods/http.cc
+++ b/methods/http.cc
@@ -1183,6 +1183,9 @@ int HttpMethod::Loop()
 
 int main()
 {
+   setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
+   bindtextdomain(APT_DOMAIN, Cnf.FindDir("Dir::Locale").c_str());
+
    HttpMethod Mth;
    
    return Mth.Loop();