Assertion `language' failed in debug builds

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Created on Fri May 17 17:47:58 CEST 2024 by frankystone

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Sorry for being late, but a debug build with current master won't start for me:

$:> ./widelands 
This is Widelands version 1.3~git26633 (524a53c@master) Debug
[00:00:00.000 real] INFO: Set home directory: /home/kaputtnik/.widelands
[00:00:00.000 real] INFO: Set configuration file: /home/kaputtnik/.widelands/config
[00:00:00.000 real] INFO: Widelands executable directory: /home/kaputtnik/Quellcode/widelands-repo/widelands/
[00:00:00.000 real] INFO: Adding data directory: /home/kaputtnik/Quellcode/widelands-repo/widelands/data
widelands: /home/kaputtnik/Quellcode/widelands-repo/widelands/src/third_party/tinygettext/src/dictionary_manager.cpp:107: tinygettext::Dictionary& tinygettext::DictionaryManager::get_dictionary(const tinygettext::Language&): Assertion `language' failed.
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A release build starts without problems.

To reproduce

1. compile a debuge build ( i used ./compile.sh -d -a -s )
2. try to start widelands
3. See error

Expected behavior
A debug build should run.

Version:

• OS: arch linux
• Widelands Version: see above
• Enabled Add-Ons:

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On Fri May 17 18:06:12 CEST 2024, Benedikt Straub (Nordfriese) wrote:

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I can't reproduce. What is the language setting in your Widelands config file, and what is the output of locale?

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On Fri May 17 18:09:16 CEST 2024, frankystone wrote:

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In the config the language is empty:

language=

Starting with version 1.2 the options says "System language".

$:> locale
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE=C
LC_MONETARY="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

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On Fri May 17 18:18:42 CEST 2024, frankystone wrote:

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If i set the language with v1.2 to German and starting current master it works. config says: language='de'
If i set "Try system language" with v1.2 current master won't run. config says: language=

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On Fri May 17 18:20:10 CEST 2024, Benedikt Straub (Nordfriese) wrote:

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I can reproduce the system by setting LANG=C or LANGUAGE=C before startup (with language set to try system language). Interestingly all of nds, nds_DE and nds_DE.UTF-8 work fine.

What is the value of the LANGUAGE environment variable? If I set it to a preference list such as nds:de I also get the assert.

So we should sanitize the system locale candidates we find in init_locale() and skip languages that are not known to tinygettext (with special treatment for C which we should alias to en).

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On Fri May 17 18:23:43 CEST 2024, frankystone wrote:

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The environment variable shows LANGUAGE=de:en_GB don't know why anymore though 😄

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Assigned to Nordfriese

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On Fri May 17 18:29:18 CEST 2024, frankystone wrote:

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Don't know if it is related, but in the archlinux forums it is always recommended to use LC_ALL=C command to run the command with English environment. If feasible this should also apply to widelands: LC_ALL=C ./widelands