cgo: arrange for English error messages

Fixes #21. R=r https://golang.org/cl/155048
golang · Nov 15, 2009 · 0238fd8 · 0238fd8
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diff --git a/src/cmd/cgo/main.go b/src/cmd/cgo/main.go
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ func main() {
 		fatal("unknown architecture %s", arch)
 	}
 
+	// Clear locale variables so gcc emits English errors [sic].
+	os.Setenv("LANG", "en_US.UTF-8");
+	os.Setenv("LC_ALL", "C");
+	os.Setenv("LC_CTYPE", "C");
+
 	p := openProg(input);
 	for _, cref := range p.Crefs {
 		// Convert C.ulong to C.unsigned long, etc.