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From: Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: locale warning and postgresql
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 00:47:33 +0300
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Ludovic Court=C3=A8s (2016-11-28 21:48 +0100) wrote:

> Hi Myles,
>
> Myles English <mylesenglish@gmail.com> skribis:
>
>> I have always had trouble with my locale after installing guix on Arch
>> Linux (with zsh and a basic window manager, bspwm).  I have set
>> GUIX_LOCPATH in ~/.zshenv and it appears correct in my shell.  The
>> system-wide locale looks right.  When I install postgresql it gives the
>> usual "warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument".  When I try
>> to initialise a database cluster, passing the locale doesn't work.
>>
>> Does anyone using Arch Linux and a basic WM know which file to put
>> GUIX_LOCPATH in so that the warning goes away?
>>
>> How can I find out what guix thinks its locale is or what are available?
>>
>> Is there a way to use initdb even though there is a locale warning?
>>
>> Shell experiments:
>>
>> $ locale
>> LANG=3Den_GB.UTF-8
>> LC_CTYPE=3D"en_GB.UTF-8"
>> LC_NUMERIC=3D"en_GB.UTF-8"
>> LC_TIME=3D"en_GB.UTF-8"
>> LC_COLLATE=3D"en_GB.UTF-8"
>> LC_MONETARY=3D"en_GB.UTF-8"
>> LC_MESSAGES=3D"en_GB.UTF-8"
>> LC_PAPER=3D"en_GB.UTF-8"
>> LC_NAME=3D"en_GB.UTF-8"
>> LC_ADDRESS=3D"en_GB.UTF-8"
>> LC_TELEPHONE=3D"en_GB.UTF-8"
>> LC_MEASUREMENT=3D"en_GB.UTF-8"
>> LC_IDENTIFICATION=3D"en_GB.UTF-8"
>> LC_ALL=3D
>>
>> $ echo $GUIX_LOCPATH
>> /home/myles/.guix-profile/lib/locale
>
> What does =E2=80=9Cls $GUIX_LOCPATH/2.24=E2=80=9D show?
>
> You must make sure you have the =E2=80=98glibc-locales=E2=80=99 or =E2=80=
=98glibc-utf8-locales=E2=80=99
> that correspond to the glibc version of the program you are using (if
> you just installed postgresql, it=E2=80=99s using glibc 2.24.)
>
> Then you need to make sure GUIX_LOCPATH is set both in the environment
> of the postgresql daemon, and in the environment of the commands you
> invoke (initdb, etc.).

Including the guix-daemon, as this warning:

>> $ guix package -i postgresql
>> warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument
>> The following package will be upgraded:
>>    postgresql	9.5.3 -> 9.5.3	/gnu/store/sfgg20a7jnwfisajsvqdijjm2zj905az=
-postgresql-9.5.3

comes from the daemon, so make sure your "guix-daemon.service" has a
line like this:

  Environment=3DGUIX_LOCPATH=3D/root/.guix-profile/lib/locale

--=20
Alex