ensure that redshift is running without locale settings

Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com>

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/nightshift.py b/src/nightshift.py
index 7992311..1df25f8 100755
--- a/src/nightshift.py
+++ b/src/nightshift.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ for arg in sys.argv[1:]:
     elif arg in ('-V', '--version', '-version'):
         ## Print the version of nightshift and of redshift
         print('%s %s' % (PROGRAM_NAME, PROGRAM_VERSION))
-        Popen(['redshift', '-V'], stdout = sys.stdout).wait()
+        Popen(['redshift', '-V'], stdout = sys.stdout, env = redshift_env).wait()
         sys.exit(0)
     elif arg in ('-C', '--copyright', '-copyright'):
         ## Print copyright information
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ for opt in ('-l', '-m'):
             arg = red_opts[i]
             if (arg == 'list') or ('help' in arg.split(':')):
                 proc = ['redshift', opt, arg]
-                proc = Popen(proc, stdout = sys.stdout, stderr = sys.stderr)
+                proc = Popen(proc, stdout = sys.stdout, stderr = sys.stderr, env = redshift_env)
                 proc.wait()
                 sys.exit(proc.returncode)
 # Translate single-parameter -t into dual-parameter -t
@@ -258,6 +258,12 @@ red_status, red_running = True, True
 red_condition = None
 
 
+## Create locale free environment for redshift
+redshift_env = os.environ.copy()
+for var in ('LANG', 'LANGUAGE', 'LC_ALL', 'LC_MESSAGES'):
+    redshift_env[var] = 'C'
+
+
 def read_status(proc, sock):
     '''
     Read status from redshift