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-rwxr-xr-xguix/scripts/substitute.scm7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/guix/scripts/substitute.scm b/guix/scripts/substitute.scm
index f9d19fd735..117d824449 100755
--- a/guix/scripts/substitute.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/substitute.scm
@@ -1126,12 +1126,13 @@ default value."
;; Sanity-check SUBSTITUTE-URLS so we can provide a meaningful error message.
(for-each validate-uri (substitute-urls))
- ;; Attempt to install the client's locale, mostly so that messages are
- ;; suitably translated.
+ ;; Attempt to install the client's locale so that messages are suitably
+ ;; translated. LC_CTYPE must be a UTF-8 locale; it's the case by default so
+ ;; don't change it.
(match (or (find-daemon-option "untrusted-locale")
(find-daemon-option "locale"))
(#f #f)
- (locale (false-if-exception (setlocale LC_ALL locale))))
+ (locale (false-if-exception (setlocale LC_MESSAGES locale))))
(catch 'system-error
(lambda ()