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-rw-r--r--guix/profiles.scm11
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/guix/profiles.scm b/guix/profiles.scm
index 0b317ef51e..82d8b33c09 100644
--- a/guix/profiles.scm
+++ b/guix/profiles.scm
@@ -939,6 +939,10 @@ the monadic procedures listed in HOOKS--such as an Info 'dir' file, etc."
extras)
(manifest-inputs manifest)))
+ (define glibc-utf8-locales ;lazy reference
+ (module-ref (resolve-interface '(gnu packages base))
+ 'glibc-utf8-locales))
+
(define builder
(with-imported-modules '((guix build profiles)
(guix build union)
@@ -953,6 +957,13 @@ the monadic procedures listed in HOOKS--such as an Info 'dir' file, etc."
(setvbuf (current-output-port) _IOLBF)
(setvbuf (current-error-port) _IOLBF)
+ ;; Some file names (e.g., in 'nss-certs') are UTF-8 encoded so
+ ;; install a UTF-8 locale.
+ (setenv "LOCPATH"
+ (string-append #+glibc-utf8-locales "/lib/locale/"
+ #+(package-version glibc-utf8-locales)))
+ (setlocale LC_ALL "en_US.utf8")
+
(define search-paths
;; Search paths of MANIFEST's packages, converted back to their
;; record form.