--- tramp-2.1.11-orig/lisp/tramp.el	2007-10-10 06:28:46.000000000 +0200
+++ tramp-2.1.11/lisp/tramp.el	2007-10-30 18:50:14.000000000 +0100
@@ -6112,6 +6112,7 @@
       (when (and p (processp p))
 	(delete-process p))
       (setenv "TERM" tramp-terminal-type)
+      (setenv "LC_ALL" "C")
       (setenv "PROMPT_COMMAND")
       (setenv "PS1" "$ ")
       (let* ((target-alist (tramp-compute-multi-hops vec))