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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
	default on foreign distros
Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 09:57:59 +0200
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To: Jack Hill <jackhill@jackhill.us>
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Hi Jack,

Jack Hill <jackhill@jackhill.us> skribis:

> On Wed, 5 Jun 2019, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote:
>
>> I honestly don=E2=80=99t see how it could be clearer:
>>
>>  https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Application-Setup=
.html#Locales
>>
>> Could you propose a patch to this section?
>
> I think what is missing is a statement that the systemd unit for
> guix-daemon on foreign distos runs guix-daemon with a locale that is
> only provided in glibc-utf8-locales.
>
> I clairification could be something like, "The provided unit for
> running guix-daemon on a foreign distribution configures the daemon to
> run with a local that is only provided in
> glibc-utf8-locales. Therefore, glibc-utf8-locacles should be installed
> in root's profile, or the unit should be configured to use a locale of
> your choosing."

=E2=80=98glibc-utf8-locales=E2=80=99 is embedded in the =E2=80=98guix=E2=80=
=99 package (the binary
tarball), such that even if you don=E2=80=99t install it, =E2=80=9Cen_US.ut=
f8=E2=80=9D is
available to =E2=80=98guix substitute=E2=80=99 & co.

However, IIUC, the problem is with the Bash used by
libexec/guix/substitute, is that right?

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.