locale settings question - main

3 Dec 2001


      Hi all
I sometimes get this error message (MDK8.0, su'd to root in a 
terminal window):
--quote--
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
        LANGUAGE = "en_GB:en",
        LC_ALL = (unset),
        LC_MESSAGES = "en_GB",
        LC_TIME = "en_GB",
        LC_NUMERIC = "en_GB",
        LC_CTYPE = "en_GB",
        LC_MONETARY = "en_GB",
        LC_COLLATE = "en_GB",
        LANG = "en"
    are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
--end quote--
Is it serious and what do I do about it? Incidentally I am not 
trying to run perl - for example, the above is part of the output 
in response to the supermount command.
Sorry if this is a simple question but as a newbie I really have no 
idea where to begin. I did look at man locale and man perl but did 
not find anything that seemed relevant to this problem.
Many TIAs
Syd