-head=$1
-caps=$2
-tail=$3
-cat <<'EOF'
-'\" t
-.\" DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND!
-.\" It is generated from terminfo.head, Caps, and terminfo.tail.
-.\"
-.\" Note: this must be run through tbl before nroff.
-.\" The magic cookie on the first line triggers this under some man programs.
+# keep the order independent of locale:
+if test "${LANGUAGE+set}" = set; then LANGUAGE=C; export LANGUAGE; fi
+if test "${LANG+set}" = set; then LANG=C; export LANG; fi
+if test "${LC_ALL+set}" = set; then LC_ALL=C; export LC_ALL; fi
+if test "${LC_MESSAGES+set}" = set; then LC_MESSAGES=C; export LC_MESSAGES; fi
+if test "${LC_CTYPE+set}" = set; then LC_CTYPE=C; export LC_CTYPE; fi
+if test "${LC_COLLATE+set}" = set; then LC_COLLATE=C; export LC_COLLATE; fi
+
+#
+head="$1"
+shift 1
+caps=
+while test $# -gt 1
+do
+ caps="$caps $1"
+ shift 1
+done
+tail="$1"
+cat <<EOF
+'\\" t
+.\\" DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND!
+.\\" It is generated from terminfo.head, $caps, and terminfo.tail.
+.\\"
+.\\" Note: this must be run through tbl before nroff.
+.\\" The magic cookie on the first line triggers this under some man programs.