Figured out why

Not something we need to worry about though

locale/+linux.ha

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use bufio;
 use errors;
+use fmt;
 use io;
 use os;
 use strings;
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ fn get_locale(var: str) locale =
 	match (get_locale_no_fallback(var)) {
 	case let local: locale => yield local;
 	case =>
-		yield match (get_locale_no_fallback("LC_LANG")) {
+		yield match (get_locale_no_fallback("LANG")) {
 		case let local: locale => yield local;
 		case                   => yield c;
 		};
@@ -79,15 +80,17 @@ fn get_locale_conf() []str = {
 	case let file: io::file => yield file;
 	case                    => return locale_conf;
 	};
-	defer io::close(file)!; // when the hell does closing a file fail????
+	defer io::close(file)!;
 
 	let scanner = bufio::newscanner(file);
 	defer bufio::finish(&scanner);
 
 	for (true) {
 		match (bufio::scan_line(&scanner)) {
-		case let line: const str => append(locale_conf, line);
-		case                     => return locale_conf;
+		case let line: const str =>
+			append(locale_conf, strings::dup(line));
+		case =>
+			return locale_conf;
 		};
 	};
 };