diff --git a/BLFS/gen_config.sh b/BLFS/gen_config.sh
index 2dc2d3b..3eba928 100755
--- a/BLFS/gen_config.sh
+++ b/BLFS/gen_config.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 #
-# $Id$
+# $Id:$
 #
 
 export outFile=Config.in	# file for reading and writing to.
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ EOF
   [[ "${SET_COMMENT}" = "y" ]] && echo "comment \"\"" >>$outFile; unset SET_COMMENT
 
     # Deal with targets that are part of a meta-package but that are in the same
-    # directory that non meta-packages targets
+    # directory that non meta-package targets
   case ${PKG_NAME} in
      alsa-* | \
      xorg7-* | \
diff --git a/BLFS/update_book.sh b/BLFS/update_book.sh
index 42b3002..e37284c 100755
--- a/BLFS/update_book.sh
+++ b/BLFS/update_book.sh
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ inline_doc
 
 if [ "${DOC_MODE}" = "none" ] ; then
   echo -en "\n\tGenerating packages database file ..."
-  generate_packages
+  LC_ALL=C && generate_packages
   echo "done."
 
   echo -en "\tGenerating alsa dependencies list ..."