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From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
Subject: bug#36076: Manual should clarify that glibc-utf8-locales is needed by
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Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 16:40:05 +0200
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To: Giovanni Biscuolo <g@xelera.eu>
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Hello Giovanni,

Giovanni Biscuolo <g@xelera.eu> skribis:

> Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>
> [...]
>
>> We should fix it, notably because libc automatically falls back to the
>> normalized codeset (that is, if you choose =E2=80=9Cen_US.uTF--8=E2=80=
=9D, it eventually
>> tries to read data for =E2=80=9Cen_US.utf8=E2=80=9D.)  I wonder why the
>> =E2=80=98install-locales=E2=80=99 rule doesn=E2=80=99t to it.
>
> Me too: do you think it's appropriate to report this upstream?
> I can manage this if needed, of course.

It would be great, yes!

>> The =E2=80=9Cnormalized codeset=E2=80=9D is described in the libc manual=
 (info "(libc)
>> Using gettextized software") and (info "(libc) Locale Names").
>
> Herm... I'm still too web dependent, I have to correctly install all
> infos :-O

Just type these =E2=80=98info=E2=80=99 commands and it should Just Work on =
Guix System.
:-)

> Reading your refactored build-locale in (gnu build locale), as used
> e.g. in (gnu system locale), makes me wonder if Guix could allow users to
> define their preferred locales in a (operating-system ...) declaration,
> having "guix system" building only the needed ones... but that's another
> story

That=E2=80=99s already the case.

It would be nice to have it for Guix on foreign distros, as discussed in
the =E2=80=9CParameterized packages=E2=80=9D thread.

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.