--- configure.orig	2010-03-25 20:36:48.000000000 +0200
+++ configure	2010-03-25 20:37:46.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-export LANG="POSIX"
+# NLS nuisances.
+for as_var in \
+  LANG LANGUAGE LC_ADDRESS LC_ALL LC_COLLATE LC_CTYPE LC_IDENTIFICATION \
+  LC_MEASUREMENT LC_MESSAGES LC_MONETARY LC_NAME LC_NUMERIC LC_PAPER \
+  LC_TELEPHONE LC_TIME
+do
+  if (set +x; test -z "`(eval $as_var=C; export $as_var) 2>&1`"); then
+    eval $as_var=C; export $as_var
+  else
+    unset $as_var
+  fi
+done
 
 CMD="$@"