test_format fails (because of test__locale)

[Irmen de Jong]

Irmen de Jong wrote:
> That was great, I quickly found out that test__locale is the cause.
> Not only test_format but also test_unicode fail on my Mandrake 10 box.
> My default locale is nl_NL. Behold:
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I just saw that there are already 2 bug reports on this on
the bug tracker, to which I have added my observations:
bug #992078
bug #992081


--Irmen.