Index: /trunk/src/sed/sed/sed.c
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--- /trunk/src/sed/sed/sed.c	(revision 607)
+++ /trunk/src/sed/sed/sed.c	(revision 608)
@@ -174,5 +174,26 @@
 #if HAVE_SETLOCALE
   /* Set locale according to user's wishes.  */
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+  {
+    /* The redmon guys doesn't listen to the user in the same way... */
+    const char *lc_all = getenv("LC_ALL");
+    if (lc_all)
+      setlocale (LC_ALL, lc_all); 
+    else
+      {
+        const char *lc_lang = getenv("LANG");
+        const char *lc_ctype = getenv("LC_TYPE");
+        const char *lc_collate = getenv("LC_COLLATE");
+
+        setlocale (LC_ALL, lc_lang ? lc_lang : "");
+        if (lc_ctype)
+          setlocale (LC_CTYPE, lc_ctype ? lc_ctype : "");
+        if (lc_collate)
+          setlocale (LC_COLLATE, lc_collate ? lc_collate : "");
+      }
+  }
+#else
   setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
+#endif 
 #endif
   initialize_mbcs ();