[Bug]: installing some mod_perl triggers locale error
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Description
⚠️ This issue respects the following points: ⚠️
- This is a bug, not a question or a configuration/webserver/proxy issue.
- This issue is not already reported on Github OR Nextcloud Community Forum (I've searched it).
- Nextcloud Server is up to date. See Maintenance and Release Schedule for supported versions.
- I agree to follow Nextcloud's Code of Conduct.
Bug description
On Debian 12 After installing OTRS2 or Request-Tracker (both depends on perl packages) Nextcloud (latest) stops working with error:
Error
Setting locale to en_US.UTF-8/fr_FR.UTF-8/es_ES.UTF-8/de_DE.UTF-8/ru_RU.UTF-8/pt_BR.UTF-8/it_IT.UTF-8/ja_JP.UTF-8/zh_CN.UTF-8 failed.
Please install one of these locales on your system and restart your web server.
While locales are OK.
Uninstalling packages with Perl dependencies makes NextCloud work again.
Steps to reproduce
- Run NextCloud on Debian 12
- Install request-tracker5 on same host
- NextCloud gives Locale error and stops running services
Expected behavior
No impact for NextCloud instance whatewer other, unrelated packages are installed or removed
Nextcloud Server version
30
Operating system
Debian/Ubuntu
PHP engine version
PHP 8.2
Web server
Apache (supported)
Database engine version
MariaDB
Is this bug present after an update or on a fresh install?
None
Are you using the Nextcloud Server Encryption module?
Encryption is Disabled
What user-backends are you using?
- Default user-backend (database)
- LDAP/ Active Directory
- SSO - SAML
- Other
Configuration report
List of activated Apps
Enabled:
- activity: 3.0.0
- app_api: 4.0.5
- bruteforcesettings: 3.0.0
- calendar: 5.0.9
- circles: 30.0.0
- cloud_federation_api: 1.13.0
- comments: 1.20.1
- contacts: 6.1.3
- contactsinteraction: 1.11.0
- dashboard: 7.10.0
- dav: 1.31.1
- deck: 1.14.3
- federatedfilesharing: 1.20.0
- federation: 1.20.0
- files: 2.2.0
- files_downloadlimit: 3.0.0
- files_pdfviewer: 3.0.0
- files_reminders: 1.3.0
- files_sharing: 1.22.0
- files_trashbin: 1.20.1
- files_versions: 1.23.0
- firstrunwizard: 3.0.0
- forms: 4.3.6
- logreader: 3.0.0
- lookup_server_connector: 1.18.0
- mail: 4.1.2
- nextcloud_announcements: 2.0.0
- notifications: 3.0.0
- oauth2: 1.18.1
- password_policy: 2.0.0
- photos: 3.0.2
- privacy: 2.0.0
- provisioning_api: 1.20.0
- recommendations: 3.0.0
- related_resources: 1.5.0
- richdocuments: 8.5.3
- richdocumentscode: 24.4.1103
- serverinfo: 2.0.0
- settings: 1.13.0
- sharebymail: 1.20.0
- spreed: 20.1.3
- support: 2.0.0
- survey_client: 2.0.0
- suspicious_login: 8.0.0
- systemtags: 1.20.0
- tasks: 0.16.1
- text: 4.1.0
- theming: 2.5.0
- twofactor_backupcodes: 1.19.0
- updatenotification: 1.20.0
- user_status: 1.10.0
- viewer: 3.0.0
- weather_status: 1.10.0
- webhook_listeners: 1.1.0-dev
- workflowengine: 2.12.0
Disabled:
- admin_audit: 1.20.0
- encryption: 2.18.0
- files_external: 1.22.0
- twofactor_nextcloud_notification: 4.0.0
- twofactor_totp: 12.0.0-dev
- user_ldap: 1.21.0
Nextcloud Signing status
Nextcloud Logs
Additional info
No response
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
The issue names no source file or test. First reproduce the failure on Debian 12 with request-tracker5 installed, then trace the locale initialization that produces the listed error. Done means Nextcloud continues working after the Perl-dependent package is installed, with a regression test covering the environment interaction.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- debian, perl, php
- Domain
- backend, internationalization
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100