bug#24192: Gajim fails with locale.Error

bug#24192: Gajim fails with locale.Error

[Arun Isaac]

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I installed gajim with `guix package -i gajim`. When I try to run it, it
fails with the following error message:

/gnu/store/ykzwykkvr2c80rw4l1qh3mvfdkl7jibi-bash-4.3.42/bin/sh: hg: command not found
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "gajim.py", line 131, in <module>
    logging_helpers.init(sys.stderr.isatty())
  File "/gnu/store/6bk1n2g7i34b4yi0rdindk1f49wps5g6-gajim-0.16.5/share/gajim/src/common/demandimport.py", line 86, in __getattribute__
    self._load()
  File "/gnu/store/6bk1n2g7i34b4yi0rdindk1f49wps5g6-gajim-0.16.5/share/gajim/src/common/demandimport.py", line 58, in _load
    mod = _origimport(head, globals, locals)
  File "/gnu/store/6bk1n2g7i34b4yi0rdindk1f49wps5g6-gajim-0.16.5/share/gajim/src/common/logging_helpers.py", line 22, in <module>
    import i18n
  File "/gnu/store/6bk1n2g7i34b4yi0rdindk1f49wps5g6-gajim-0.16.5/share/gajim/src/common/demandimport.py", line 95, in _demandimport
    return _import(name, globals, locals, fromlist, level)
  File "/gnu/store/6bk1n2g7i34b4yi0rdindk1f49wps5g6-gajim-0.16.5/share/gajim/src/common/i18n.py", line 54, in <module>
    locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
  File "/gnu/store/vcx1n5nj4gr52xx5m6gvi7zrwngy06s3-python-2.7.11/lib/python2.7/locale.py", line 579, in setlocale
    return _setlocale(category, locale)
locale.Error: unsupported locale setting

I have set my locale in my operating system configuration as shown in
the example configuration in the manual. Is there anything else to be
done that I am missing? Could this be a bug in the gajim package?

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bug#24192: Gajim fails with locale.Error

[Danny Milosavljevic]

>   File "/gnu/store/6bk1n2g7i34b4yi0rdindk1f49wps5g6-gajim-0.16.5/share/gajim/src/common/i18n.py", line 54, in <module>
>     locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
>   File "/gnu/store/vcx1n5nj4gr52xx5m6gvi7zrwngy06s3-python-2.7.11/lib/python2.7/locale.py", line 579, in setlocale
>     return _setlocale(category, locale)
> locale.Error: unsupported locale setting
> 
> I have set my locale in my operating system configuration as shown in
> the example configuration in the manual. Is there anything else to be
> done that I am missing? 

>Could this be a bug in the gajim package?

I don't think so. It's probably glibc configuration. Try

$ locale -a

to get a list of supported locales.

Which locale is it?

bug#24192: Gajim fails with locale.Error

[Arun Isaac]

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I was using en_IN.UTF-8.

After switching to en_US.UTF-8 and setting GUIX_LOCPATH and
XDG_DATA_DIRS with

export GUIX_LOCPATH="/gnu/store/rvc5iqmqwhhmj2mcip4x1y9g8chrlxs8-profile/lib/locale${GUIX_LOCPATH:+:}$GUIX_LOCPATH"
export XDG_DATA_DIRS="/gnu/store/rvc5iqmqwhhmj2mcip4x1y9g8chrlxs8-profile/share${XDG_DATA_DIRS:+:}$XDG_DATA_DIRS"

gajim runs successfully.

Isn't there a more automated way to handle these environment variables?

Thanks.

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bug#24192: Gajim fails with locale.Error

[Alex Kost]

Arun Isaac (2016-08-10 12:53 +0300) wrote:

> I was using en_IN.UTF-8.
>
> After switching to en_US.UTF-8 and setting GUIX_LOCPATH and
> XDG_DATA_DIRS with
>
> export GUIX_LOCPATH="/gnu/store/rvc5iqmqwhhmj2mcip4x1y9g8chrlxs8-profile/lib/locale${GUIX_LOCPATH:+:}$GUIX_LOCPATH"
> export XDG_DATA_DIRS="/gnu/store/rvc5iqmqwhhmj2mcip4x1y9g8chrlxs8-profile/share${XDG_DATA_DIRS:+:}$XDG_DATA_DIRS"

It is better to use "~/.guix-profile/..." links (or whatever profile it
is) instead of the direct file names from the store, as they may be
"gc"-ed one day.

> gajim runs successfully.
>
> Isn't there a more automated way to handle these environment variables?

I don't think so: if you are not on GuixSD, you have to set these
variables yourself.

-- 
Alex

bug#24192: Gajim fails with locale.Error

[Arun Isaac]

> It is better to use "~/.guix-profile/..." links (or whatever profile it
> is) instead of the direct file names from the store, as they may be
> "gc"-ed one day.

Yeah, sure. I'll do that.

>> Isn't there a more automated way to handle these environment variables?
>
> I don't think so: if you are not on GuixSD, you have to set these
> variables yourself.

Actually, I am on GuixSD. Does that mean there is some automated to do
this? If I have to set them manually, how do I find out what values to
set?

bug#24192: Gajim fails with locale.Error

[Vincent Legoll]

>>> Isn't there a more automated way to handle these environment variables?
>>
>> I don't think so: if you are not on GuixSD, you have to set these
>> variables yourself.
>
> Actually, I am on GuixSD. Does that mean there is some automated to do
> this? If I have to set them manually, how do I find out what values to
> set?

I too, am on guixsd, and I think setting some of those variables by myself
solved a problem running things, but I may misremember...

So is this actually needed on guixsd or not ? Is there a bug somewhere
making it required when it should not ? How can we be sure, how can we
know which variables should be set ?

-- 
Vincent Legoll

bug#24192: Gajim fails with locale.Error

[Leo Famulari]

On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 09:19:23AM +0200, Vincent Legoll wrote:
> >>> Isn't there a more automated way to handle these environment variables?
> >>
> >> I don't think so: if you are not on GuixSD, you have to set these
> >> variables yourself.
> >
> > Actually, I am on GuixSD. Does that mean there is some automated to do
> > this? If I have to set them manually, how do I find out what values to
> > set?
> 
> I too, am on guixsd, and I think setting some of those variables by myself
> solved a problem running things, but I may misremember...
> 
> So is this actually needed on guixsd or not ? Is there a bug somewhere
> making it required when it should not ? How can we be sure, how can we
> know which variables should be set ?

Regarding GUIX_LOCPATH, there is a bug with our current glibc/linux
package and how it finds locales, mentioned here:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-08/msg00165.html

bug#24192: Gajim fails with locale.Error

[Alex Kost]

Arun Isaac (2016-08-12 09:04 +0300) wrote:

>>> Isn't there a more automated way to handle these environment variables?
>>
>> I don't think so: if you are not on GuixSD, you have to set these
>> variables yourself.
>
> Actually, I am on GuixSD. Does that mean there is some automated to do
> this? If I have to set them manually, how do I find out what values to
> set?

On GuixSD these variables are set by /etc/profile and /etc/environment,
so you don't have to set them manually.

-- 
Alex

bug#24192: Gajim fails with locale.Error

[Leo Famulari]

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On Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 10:56:53AM +0530, Arun Isaac wrote:
> 
> I installed gajim with `guix package -i gajim`. When I try to run it, it
> fails with the following error message:
> 
> /gnu/store/ykzwykkvr2c80rw4l1qh3mvfdkl7jibi-bash-4.3.42/bin/sh: hg: command not found
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "gajim.py", line 131, in <module>
>     logging_helpers.init(sys.stderr.isatty())
>   File "/gnu/store/6bk1n2g7i34b4yi0rdindk1f49wps5g6-gajim-0.16.5/share/gajim/src/common/demandimport.py", line 86, in __getattribute__
>     self._load()
>   File "/gnu/store/6bk1n2g7i34b4yi0rdindk1f49wps5g6-gajim-0.16.5/share/gajim/src/common/demandimport.py", line 58, in _load
>     mod = _origimport(head, globals, locals)
>   File "/gnu/store/6bk1n2g7i34b4yi0rdindk1f49wps5g6-gajim-0.16.5/share/gajim/src/common/logging_helpers.py", line 22, in <module>
>     import i18n
>   File "/gnu/store/6bk1n2g7i34b4yi0rdindk1f49wps5g6-gajim-0.16.5/share/gajim/src/common/demandimport.py", line 95, in _demandimport
>     return _import(name, globals, locals, fromlist, level)
>   File "/gnu/store/6bk1n2g7i34b4yi0rdindk1f49wps5g6-gajim-0.16.5/share/gajim/src/common/i18n.py", line 54, in <module>
>     locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
>   File "/gnu/store/vcx1n5nj4gr52xx5m6gvi7zrwngy06s3-python-2.7.11/lib/python2.7/locale.py", line 579, in setlocale
>     return _setlocale(category, locale)
> locale.Error: unsupported locale setting
> 
> I have set my locale in my operating system configuration as shown in
> the example configuration in the manual. Is there anything else to be
> done that I am missing? Could this be a bug in the gajim package?

I believe it's related to this locale-related issue problem with our
glibc package:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-08/msg00167.html

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bug#24192: Gajim fails with locale.Error

[Daniel Pimentel]

I have a similar problem with locale in Haunt package:

Backtrace:
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
  157: 10 [catch #t #<catch-closure 11f0b40> ...]
In unknown file:
    ?: 9 [apply-smob/1 #<catch-closure 11f0b40>]
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
   63: 8 [call-with-prompt prompt0 ...]
In ice-9/eval.scm:
  432: 7 [eval # #]
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
2401: 6 [save-module-excursion #<procedure 120e940 at 
ice-9/boot-9.scm:4045:3 ()>]
4050: 5 [#<procedure 120e940 at ice-9/boot-9.scm:4045:3 ()>]
1724: 4 [%start-stack load-stack ...]
1729: 3 [#<procedure 1224ea0 ()>]
In unknown file:
    ?: 2 [primitive-load 
"/gnu/store/v6gq48wbxprf3sbrxdkc9scb80nyypjs-haunt-0.2/bin/.haunt-real"]
In haunt/ui.scm:
  130: 1 [haunt-main 
"/gnu/store/v6gq48wbxprf3sbrxdkc9scb80nyypjs-haunt-0.2/bin/.haunt-real" 
...]
In unknown file:
    ?: 0 [setlocale 6 ""]

ERROR: In procedure setlocale:
ERROR: In procedure setlocale: Invalid argument

> I believe it's related to this locale-related issue problem with our
> glibc package:
> 
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-08/msg00167.html

I think or with locale in general.

Thanks,

-- 
Daniel Pimentel (aka d4n1)

bug#24192: Gajim fails with locale.Error

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Daniel Pimentel <d4n1@d4n1.org> writes:

> I have a similar problem with locale in Haunt package:
>
> Backtrace:
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>   157: 10 [catch #t #<catch-closure 11f0b40> ...]
> In unknown file:
>     ?: 9 [apply-smob/1 #<catch-closure 11f0b40>]
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>    63: 8 [call-with-prompt prompt0 ...]
> In ice-9/eval.scm:
>   432: 7 [eval # #]
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
> 2401: 6 [save-module-excursion #<procedure 120e940 at 
> ice-9/boot-9.scm:4045:3 ()>]
> 4050: 5 [#<procedure 120e940 at ice-9/boot-9.scm:4045:3 ()>]
> 1724: 4 [%start-stack load-stack ...]
> 1729: 3 [#<procedure 1224ea0 ()>]
> In unknown file:
>     ?: 2 [primitive-load 
> "/gnu/store/v6gq48wbxprf3sbrxdkc9scb80nyypjs-haunt-0.2/bin/.haunt-real"]
> In haunt/ui.scm:
>   130: 1 [haunt-main 
> "/gnu/store/v6gq48wbxprf3sbrxdkc9scb80nyypjs-haunt-0.2/bin/.haunt-real" 
> ...]
> In unknown file:
>     ?: 0 [setlocale 6 ""]
>
> ERROR: In procedure setlocale:
> ERROR: In procedure setlocale: Invalid argument
>
>> I believe it's related to this locale-related issue problem with our
>> glibc package:
>> 
>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-08/msg00167.html
>
> I think or with locale in general.

What is your locale?

I had the same problem with Gajim on a foreign system on which I had set
up “en_GB.utf8”.  After switching to “en_US.utf8” I could start Gajim.
Another possible fix may have been to install the “glibc-locales”
package and set GUIX_LOCPATH as “glibc-utf8-locales” only contains a
narrow subset of all possible locales.

~~ Ricardo

bug#24192: Gajim fails with locale.Error

[Alex Kost]

Cc-ing David Thompson (the author of haunt).

Daniel Pimentel (2016-08-09 20:28 +0300) wrote:

> I have a similar problem with locale in Haunt package:
>
> Backtrace:
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>  157: 10 [catch #t #<catch-closure 11f0b40> ...]
> In unknown file:
>    ?: 9 [apply-smob/1 #<catch-closure 11f0b40>]
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>   63: 8 [call-with-prompt prompt0 ...]
> In ice-9/eval.scm:
>  432: 7 [eval # #]
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
> 2401: 6 [save-module-excursion #<procedure 120e940 at
> ice-9/boot-9.scm:4045:3 ()>]
> 4050: 5 [#<procedure 120e940 at ice-9/boot-9.scm:4045:3 ()>]
> 1724: 4 [%start-stack load-stack ...]
> 1729: 3 [#<procedure 1224ea0 ()>]
> In unknown file:
>    ?: 2 [primitive-load
> "/gnu/store/v6gq48wbxprf3sbrxdkc9scb80nyypjs-haunt-0.2/bin/.haunt-real"]
> In haunt/ui.scm:
>  130: 1 [haunt-main
> "/gnu/store/v6gq48wbxprf3sbrxdkc9scb80nyypjs-haunt-0.2/bin/.haunt-real"
> ...]
> In unknown file:
>    ?: 0 [setlocale 6 ""]
>
> ERROR: In procedure setlocale:
> ERROR: In procedure setlocale: Invalid argument

I don't have this problem when GUIX_LOCPATH is set properly (on GuixSD
it is "/run/current-system/locale").

Hi David, I think it would be good if haunt just displayed a warning
instead of failing like this, so instead of calling 'setlocale' directly
in 'haunt-main', you can catch a potential error as it is done in Guix:
look at 'install-locale' procedure in (guix ui) module.

-- 
Alex

bug#24192: Gajim fails with locale.Error

[Ludovic Courtès]

Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> skribis:

> On Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 10:56:53AM +0530, Arun Isaac wrote:

[...]

>>   File "/gnu/store/6bk1n2g7i34b4yi0rdindk1f49wps5g6-gajim-0.16.5/share/gajim/src/common/i18n.py", line 54, in <module>
>>     locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
>>   File "/gnu/store/vcx1n5nj4gr52xx5m6gvi7zrwngy06s3-python-2.7.11/lib/python2.7/locale.py", line 579, in setlocale
>>     return _setlocale(category, locale)
>> locale.Error: unsupported locale setting

Daniel Pimentel <d4n1@d4n1.org> skribis:

> I have a similar problem with locale in Haunt package:
>
> Backtrace:
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>  157: 10 [catch #t #<catch-closure 11f0b40> ...]
> In unknown file:
>    ?: 9 [apply-smob/1 #<catch-closure 11f0b40>]
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>   63: 8 [call-with-prompt prompt0 ...]
> In ice-9/eval.scm:
>  432: 7 [eval # #]
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
> 2401: 6 [save-module-excursion #<procedure 120e940 at
> ice-9/boot-9.scm:4045:3 ()>]
> 4050: 5 [#<procedure 120e940 at ice-9/boot-9.scm:4045:3 ()>]
> 1724: 4 [%start-stack load-stack ...]
> 1729: 3 [#<procedure 1224ea0 ()>]
> In unknown file:
>    ?: 2 [primitive-load
> "/gnu/store/v6gq48wbxprf3sbrxdkc9scb80nyypjs-haunt-0.2/bin/.haunt-real"]
> In haunt/ui.scm:
>  130: 1 [haunt-main
> "/gnu/store/v6gq48wbxprf3sbrxdkc9scb80nyypjs-haunt-0.2/bin/.haunt-real"
> ...]
> In unknown file:
>    ?: 0 [setlocale 6 ""]
>
> ERROR: In procedure setlocale:
> ERROR: In procedure setlocale: Invalid argument

Of course there’s a locale setting issue here, as people pointed out,
but I also think that Gajim and Haunt shouldn’t fail like this when they
fail to install the locale (‘guix’ prints a warning when that happens,
other programs silently ignore the problem.)

Ludo’.

bug#24192: Gajim fails with locale.Error

[Arun Isaac]

I'm closing this issue since it is not relevant anymore. Gajim is now
version 1.0.3, as opposed to 0.16.5 when this issue was reported. At
least as far as I can tell, this locale issue does not seem to exist
anymore.