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Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/installer/utils.scm')
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/installer/utils.scm | 14 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/installer/utils.scm b/gnu/installer/utils.scm index e91f90a84d..256722729c 100644 --- a/gnu/installer/utils.scm +++ b/gnu/installer/utils.scm @@ -54,9 +54,21 @@ number. If no percentage is found, return #f" (and result (string->number (match:substring result 1))))) -(define (run-shell-command command) +(define* (run-shell-command command #:key locale) + "Run COMMAND, a string, with Bash, and in the given LOCALE." (call-with-temporary-output-file (lambda (file port) + (when locale + (let ((supported? (false-if-exception + (setlocale LC_ALL locale)))) + ;; If LOCALE is not supported, then set LANGUAGE, which might at + ;; least give us translated messages. + (if supported? + (format port "export LC_ALL=\"~a\"~%" locale) + (format port "export LANGUAGE=\"~a\"~%" + (string-take locale + (string-index locale #\_)))))) + (format port "~a~%" command) ;; (format port "exit~%") (close port) |