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Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/installer/build-installer.scm')
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/installer/build-installer.scm | 34 |
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/installer/build-installer.scm b/gnu/installer/build-installer.scm index 1a084bc3dc..c7f439b35f 100644 --- a/gnu/installer/build-installer.scm +++ b/gnu/installer/build-installer.scm @@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ #:use-module (gnu packages xorg) #:use-module (ice-9 match) #:use-module (srfi srfi-1) - #:export (installer-program)) + #:export (installer-program + installer-program-launcher)) (define not-config? ;; Select (guix …) and (gnu …) modules, except (guix config). @@ -288,3 +289,34 @@ selected keymap." #$(installer-exit installer))))) (program-file "installer" installer-builder)) + +;; We want the installer to honor the LANG environment variable, so that the +;; locale is correctly installed when the installer is launched, and the +;; welcome page is possibly translated. The /etc/environment file (containing +;; LANG) is supposed to be loaded using PAM by the login program. As the +;; installer replaces the login program, read this file and set all the +;; variables it contains before starting the installer. This is a dirty hack, +;; we might want to find a better way to do it in the future. +(define (installer-program-launcher installer) + "Return a file-like object that set the variables in /etc/environment and +run the given INSTALLER." + (define load-environment + #~(call-with-input-file "/etc/environment" + (lambda (port) + (let ((lines (read-lines port))) + (map (lambda (line) + (match (string-split line #\=) + ((name value) + (setenv name value)))) + lines))))) + + (define wrapper + (with-imported-modules '((gnu installer utils)) + #~(begin + (use-modules (gnu installer utils) + (ice-9 match)) + + #$load-environment + (system #$(installer-program installer))))) + + (program-file "installer-launcher" wrapper)) |