3 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/applets/busybox.mkll b/applets/busybox.mkll
index 81b329ad8..4e15e1611 100755
--- a/applets/busybox.mkll
+++ b/applets/busybox.mkll
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 
 # Maintainer: Larry Doolittle <ldoolitt@recycle.lbl.gov>
 
+export LC_ALL=POSIX
+export LC_CTYPE=POSIX
+
 CONFIG_H=${1:-Config.h}
 APPLETS_H=${2:-applets.h}
 gcc -E -DMAKE_LINKS -include $CONFIG_H $APPLETS_H |
diff --git a/applets/busybox.sh b/applets/busybox.sh
index 338298086..2f9a905f5 100755
--- a/applets/busybox.sh
+++ b/applets/busybox.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+export LC_ALL=POSIX
+export LC_CTYPE=POSIX
+
 RAW=` \
     gcc -E -dM ${1:-Config.h} | \
     sed -n -e '/^.*BB_FEATURE.*$/d;s/^#define.*\<BB_\(.*\)\>/\1.c/gp;' \
diff --git a/applets/install.sh b/applets/install.sh
index 8cfae3740..d163a2ef8 100755
--- a/applets/install.sh
+++ b/applets/install.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+export LC_ALL=POSIX
+export LC_CTYPE=POSIX
+
 prefix=$1
 if [ "$prefix" = "" ]; then
     echo "No installation directory, aborting."