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author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2015-09-26 15:14:53 +0200 |
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committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2015-09-26 15:14:53 +0200 |
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index eec28218bb..8608e7a49f 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -934,7 +934,9 @@ some of them. @subsection Locales +@anchor{locales-and-locpath} @cindex locales, when not on GuixSD +@vindex LOCPATH Packages installed @i{via} Guix will not use the host system's locale data. Instead, you must first install one of the locale packages available with Guix and then define the @code{LOCPATH} environment @@ -5569,6 +5571,13 @@ list only the locales that are actually used, as in: (charset "EUC-JP"))) @end example +@vindex LOCPATH +The compiled locale definitions are available at +@file{/run/current-system/locale}, which is the default location where +the GNU@tie{}libc looks for locale data. This can be overridden using +the @code{LOCPATH} environment variable (@pxref{locales-and-locpath, +@code{LOCPATH} and locale packages}). + The @code{locale-definition} form is provided by the @code{(gnu system locale)} module. Details are given below. |