# Set locale if it is not set or doesn't contain a dot;
# but all system messages should still be in "native" ("C") language.
-[ "$LANG" = "${LANG#*.}" ] && export LANG="${LANG:-de_DE}.ISO8859-1"
+[ "$LANG" = "${LANG#*.}" -a "$LANG" != "C" ] && export LANG="${LANG:-de_DE}.ISO8859-1"
export LC_MESSAGES="C"
# Initialize PATH variable