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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2019-04-23 00:08:54 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2019-04-23 00:34:47 +0200
commit7611074f677f1c3cfe5da426f387eeda1b6ad825 (patch)
treef9a87a7b7167665344ff36f1540b6ac9a3583fad /gnu/installer/utils.scm
parent5582aa8e31bf88f981caedeb4fbbb758486b6ca7 (diff)
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installer: Run 'guix system init' with the right locale.
* gnu/installer/utils.scm (run-shell-command): Add #:locale and honor it. * gnu/installer/newt/final.scm (run-install-shell): Add 'locale' parameter; pass it to 'install-system'. (run-final-page): Obtain locale from RESULT; pass it to 'run-install-shell'. * gnu/installer/final.scm (install-system): Add 'locale' parameter; pass it to 'run-shell-command'.
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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)