--- sbin/rundig.orig	Tue Sep 12 11:37:32 2000
+++ sbin/rundig	Tue Sep 12 12:06:26 2000
@@ -34,7 +34,12 @@
 export TMPDIR
 
 $BINDIR/htdig -i $opts $stats $alt
+
+OLD_LC=$LC_ALL
+export LC_ALL=C
 $BINDIR/htmerge $opts $stats $alt
+export LC_ALL=$OLD_LC
+
 case "$alt" in
 -a)
   ( cd $DBDIR && test -f db.docdb.work &&