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1 files changed, 27 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/intl/dcigettext.c b/intl/dcigettext.c
index dd3a559f58..8712e4ba8c 100644
--- a/intl/dcigettext.c
+++ b/intl/dcigettext.c
@@ -1071,39 +1071,41 @@ guess_category_value (category, categoryname)
      int category;
      const char *categoryname;
 {
+  const char *language;
   const char *retval;
 
   /* The highest priority value is the `LANGUAGE' environment
-     variable.  This is a GNU extension.  */
-  retval = getenv ("LANGUAGE");
-  if (retval != NULL && retval[0] != '\0')
-    return retval;
-
-  /* `LANGUAGE' is not set.  So we have to proceed with the POSIX
-     methods of looking to `LC_ALL', `LC_xxx', and `LANG'.  On some
-     systems this can be done by the `setlocale' function itself.  */
+     variable.  But we don't use the value if the currently selected
+     locale is the C locale.  This is a GNU extension.  */
+  language = getenv ("LANGUAGE");
+  if (language != NULL && language[0] == '\0')
+    language = NULL;
+
+  /* We have to proceed with the POSIX methods of looking to `LC_ALL',
+     `LC_xxx', and `LANG'.  On some systems this can be done by the
+     `setlocale' function itself.  */
 #if defined _LIBC || (defined HAVE_SETLOCALE && defined HAVE_LC_MESSAGES && defined HAVE_LOCALE_NULL)
-  return setlocale (category, NULL);
+  retval = setlocale (category, NULL);
 #else
   /* Setting of LC_ALL overwrites all other.  */
   retval = getenv ("LC_ALL");
-  if (retval != NULL && retval[0] != '\0')
-    return retval;
-
-  /* Next comes the name of the desired category.  */
-  retval = getenv (categoryname);
-  if (retval != NULL && retval[0] != '\0')
-    return retval;
-
-  /* Last possibility is the LANG environment variable.  */
-  retval = getenv ("LANG");
-  if (retval != NULL && retval[0] != '\0')
-    return retval;
-
-  /* We use C as the default domain.  POSIX says this is implementation
-     defined.  */
-  return "C";
+  if (retval == NULL || retval[0] == '\0')
+    {
+      /* Next comes the name of the desired category.  */
+      retval = getenv (categoryname);
+      if (retval == NULL || retval[0] == '\0')
+	{
+	  /* Last possibility is the LANG environment variable.  */
+	  retval = getenv ("LANG");
+	  if (retval == NULL || retval[0] == '\0')
+	    /* We use C as the default domain.  POSIX says this is
+	       implementation defined.  */
+	    return "C";
+	}
+    }
 #endif
+
+  return language != NULL && strcmp (retval, "C") != 0 ? language : retval;
 }
 
 /* @@ begin of epilog @@ */