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Bug#1141547: debian-installer didn't respect my language selection

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> Hi,
> 
> WHR <whr@rivoreo.one> wrote (Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:40:47 +0800):
>> When I installing this Debian GNU/Linux trixie system, I have selected
'Chinese (Traditional)' in the '[!!] Select a language' screen, which is
the
>> first step in the debian-installer, then in the next screen of selecting my
>> location, I selected 'China'. After this point, the UI language of the
installer completely switched to Simplified Chinese, and the final
installed
>> system has 'LANG=zh_CN.UTF-8', which is completely against my initial
selection.
> 
> I can reproduce this.
> However, Chinese seems to be a corner case here.
> 
> But I think there is a way, how you can get, what you want:
> Could you try to start the installer in the expert mode (so when booting
the installer ISO, select "Advanced options" and then "Graphical expert
install" or "Expert install").
> 
> Then you are prompted to choose language, country and system locale. That
way, you can choose
> 	Chinese (Traditional)
> 	China
> 	zh_TW.UTF-8
> 
> (The third choice is the key here!)
> 
> 
> That should give you what you want.
> 
> Can you confirm this?
> 
> 
> Holger
> 
> 
> --
> Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>
> PGP-Fingerprint: 496A C6E8 1442 4B34 8508  3529 59F1 87CA 156E B076
> 

Yes. I just tested debian-installer with expert mode, in a virtual machine.
An additional screen that allows me selecting the locale variant appeared,
which includes all the supported Chinese variants, including zh_TW.UTF-8.

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Bug#1141547: debian-installer didn't respect my language selection WHR <whr@rivoreo.one> - 2026-07-06 05:50 +0200
  Bug#1141547: debian-installer didn't respect my language selection Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> - 2026-07-07 20:30 +0200
  Bug#1141547: debian-installer didn't respect my language selection "WHR" <whr@rivoreo.one> - 2026-07-08 08:40 +0200
    Bug#1141547: debian-installer didn't respect my language selection "WHR" <whr@rivoreo.one> - 2026-07-08 08:50 +0200
    Bug#1141547: debian-installer didn't respect my language selection Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> - 2026-07-08 22:20 +0200
      Bug#1141547: debian-installer didn't respect my language selection Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> - 2026-07-08 23:20 +0200
      Bug#1141547: debian-installer didn't respect my language selection "WHR" <whr@rivoreo.one> - 2026-07-09 03:50 +0200

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