Hi!

I've installed Guix on a foreign distro (Debian 9) using the shell
installer script [1] linked in "Binary Installation" (and skipped
"manual verification" of each step)

I've also followed "Application setup", in particular for locales:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ guix package -I
nss-certs	3.39	out	/gnu/store/xbj4fhad0lnz0ziflwi90gyqbls8ains-nss-certs-3.39
glibc-utf8-locales	2.28	out	/gnu/store/94k5w17z54w25lgp90czdqfv9m4hwzhq-glibc-utf8-locales-2.28
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

and

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(anemone)g@anemone:~$ echo $GUIX_LOCPATH
/localhome/g/.guix-profile/lib/locale
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

but every time I try to run "guix build" I get the following message:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ guix build emacs --dry-run
substitute: guile: warning: failed to install locale
substitute: hint: Consider installing the `glibc-utf8-locales' or `glibc-locales' package and
substitute: defining `GUIX_LOCPATH', along these lines:
substitute: 
substitute:      guix package -i glibc-utf8-locales
substitute:      export GUIX_LOCPATH="$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/locale"
substitute: 
substitute: See the "Application Setup" section in the manual, for more info.
substitute: 
substitute: 
117.1 MB would be downloaded:
   /gnu/store/fmsy4bddn5r3wdjsy0j0fn2vwzfsrkrx-emacs-26.1
   /gnu/store/13i02w6r4awyb5d4n8plk8m0idvryib0-cairo-1.14.12
   /gnu/store/2b6yzhsgqbmljh35j30x26n5lcl3a43y-gdk-pixbuf-2.38.0
   [...]
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
   
am I doing something wrong?

thanks,
Giovanni



[1] slightly hacked since I'm using a /gnu directory previuosly created
on LVM and mounted via fstab, we should consider this sort of use-cases
(I'll propose a patch later this week)

-- 
Giovanni Biscuolo

Xelera IT Infrastructures