diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index bb4f4db576..c9b093c1c2 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -7945,3 +7945,8 @@ David  08 Nov 2010
 
     html/inc/
         prefs.inc
+
+David  09 Nov 2010
+    - unix build system: fix for non-english locale, from Nicolas. fixes #975
+
+    generate_svn_version.sh
diff --git a/generate_svn_version.sh b/generate_svn_version.sh
index b90f9bc146..92af4e548a 100644
--- a/generate_svn_version.sh
+++ b/generate_svn_version.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 if [ "x$CMD" != "x" ]; then
-    $CMD | awk '/^URL/ { url = $2; }; \
+    LANG=C $CMD | awk '/^URL/ { url = $2; }; \
                 /^Rev/ { rev = $2; }; \
                 END { print "#define SVN_VERSION \"Repository: " url \
                             " Revision: " rev "\""; };' \