--- lib-python/2.4.1/locale.py.old	2006-09-06 15:33:34.000000000 +0200
+++ lib-python/2.4.1/locale.py	2006-09-06 15:49:35.000000000 +0200
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@
     else:
         return language + '.' + encoding
 
-def getdefaultlocale(envvars=('LANGUAGE', 'LC_ALL', 'LC_CTYPE', 'LANG')):
+def getdefaultlocale(envvars=('LC_ALL', 'LC_CTYPE', 'LANG', 'LANGUAGE')):
 
     """ Tries to determine the default locale settings and returns
         them as tuple (language code, encoding).
@@ -338,6 +338,8 @@
     for variable in envvars:
         localename = lookup(variable,None)
         if localename:
+            if variable == 'LANGUAGE':
+                localename = localename.split(':')[0]
             break
     else:
         localename = 'C'