Hi Abbé,

On 21/09/24 10:08, Abbé wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Since I updated guix few days ago, I started observing following notice whenever I start a new shell (with zsh, or bash -l):
>
> ==================================================================
> guile: warning: failed to install locale
> guile: warning: failed to install locale
> hint: Consider installing the `glibc-locales' package and defining
> `GUIX_LOCPATH', along these lines:
>
>       guix install glibc-locales
>       export GUIX_LOCPATH="$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/locale"
>
> See the "Application Setup" section in the manual, for more info.
> ==================================================================
>
> I'm running GuixSD, and have installed glibc-locales in system profile. I don't have GUIX_LOCPATH, and never had that set before either.
>
> Following is the output from guix describe:
>
> ==================================================================
> ❯ guix describe
> hint: Consider installing the `glibc-locales' package and defining `GUIX_LOCPATH', along these lines:
>
>       guix install glibc-locales
>       export GUIX_LOCPATH="$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/locale"
>
> See the "Application Setup" section in the manual, for more info.
>
> Generation 17   Sep 21 2024 10:03:22    (current)
>    guix 9d75215
>      repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
>      branch: master
>      commit: 9d75215a59629ab224154ef6b843043289291f81
>    nonguix 99a4773
>      repository URL: https://gitlab.com/nonguix/nonguix
>      branch: master
>      commit: 99a47731552b179ea021a65a8a6f474cece68182
> ==================================================================
>
> Any ideas how to rectify this, and what caused it ?

Did you restart the system?

I also upgraded my system (a couple of days before you) and I also saw 
the hint about setting up GUIX_LOCPATH. This has happened before when I 
upgrade, but the message goes away after restarting the system.

Just as you, I have "glibc-locales" listed in my system's packages. 
Also, I don't set GUIX_LOCPATH manually anywhere, but it is set like this:

   ❯ echo $GUIX_LOCPATH
   /run/current-system/profile/lib/locale

Hope that helps,