From 5c3c1427fa718ae89a7f893ac52d7a3fe8d99d60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Ludovic=20Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 21:02:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Mention /run/current-system/locale.

* doc/guix.texi (Application Setup): Add anchor and index entry.
  (Locales): Refer to it.  Mention /run/current-system/locale.
---
 doc/guix.texi | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 3ca4cefa63..07c5add5aa 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -933,7 +933,9 @@ 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
@@ -5568,6 +5570,13 @@ 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.