fix for "locale alias file `/usr/share/locale/locale.alias' not found" by removing parameter

Author: jakoch

.devcontainer/debian/12-bookworm/Dockerfile

@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ RUN echo "Locale & Timezone" && \
     dpkg-reconfigure -f noninteractive locales && \
     update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8 && \
     echo "export PATH=$PATH" > /etc/environment && \
-    localedef -i en_US -c -f UTF-8 -A /usr/share/locale/locale.alias en_US.UTF-8
+    localedef -i en_US -c -f UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8
 
 ENV LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 \
     # Switch back to dialog for any ad-hoc use of apt-get

.devcontainer/debian/13-trixie/Dockerfile

@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ RUN echo "Locale & Timezone" && \
     dpkg-reconfigure -f noninteractive locales && \
     update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8 && \
     echo "export PATH=$PATH" > /etc/environment && \
-    localedef -i en_US -c -f UTF-8 -A /usr/share/locale/locale.alias en_US.UTF-8
+    localedef -i en_US -c -f UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8
 
 ENV LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 \
     # Switch back to dialog for any ad-hoc use of apt-get

.devcontainer/debian/14-forky/Dockerfile

@@ -603,6 +603,7 @@ ENV SHELL=/bin/zsh
 ENV TZ=America/Los_Angeles
 
 RUN echo "Locale & Timezone" && \
+    apt-get update && apt-get install -y locales && \
     ln -snf /usr/share/zoneinfo/$TZ /etc/localtime && \
     echo $TZ > /etc/timezone && \
     dpkg-reconfigure -f noninteractive tzdata && \
@@ -611,7 +612,7 @@ RUN echo "Locale & Timezone" && \
     dpkg-reconfigure -f noninteractive locales && \
     update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8 && \
     echo "export PATH=$PATH" > /etc/environment && \
-    localedef -i en_US -c -f UTF-8 -A /usr/share/locale/locale.alias en_US.UTF-8
+    localedef -i en_US -c -f UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8
 
 ENV LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 \
     # Switch back to dialog for any ad-hoc use of apt-get

.devcontainer/debian/sid-unstable/Dockerfile

@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ RUN echo "Locale & Timezone" && \
     dpkg-reconfigure -f noninteractive locales && \
     update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8 && \
     echo "export PATH=$PATH" > /etc/environment && \
-    localedef -i en_US -c -f UTF-8 -A /usr/share/locale/locale.alias en_US.UTF-8
+    localedef -i en_US -c -f UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8
 
 ENV LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 \
     # Switch back to dialog for any ad-hoc use of apt-get

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - combined zsh configuration commands using sed
 - disabled zsh update prompt and auto update feature (DISABLE_UPDATE_PROMPT & DISABLE_AUTO_UPDATE)
+- fix for "locale alias file `/usr/share/locale/locale.alias' not found" by removing parameter
 
 ## [1.0.15] - 2025-10-14