ui: Attempt to fall back to "en_US.utf8" rather than "C".

* guix/ui.scm (install-locale): Add call to 'setlocale' in 'catch' handler.
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Ludovic Courtès 2020-09-02 15:59:09 +02:00
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@ -494,7 +494,11 @@ (define (install-locale)
export GUIX_LOCPATH=\"$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/locale\"
@end example
See the \"Application Setup\" section in the manual, for more info.\n")))))
See the \"Application Setup\" section in the manual, for more info.\n"))
;; We're now running in the "C" locale. Try to install a UTF-8 locale
;; instead. This one is guaranteed to be available in 'guix' from 'guix
;; pull'.
(false-if-exception (setlocale LC_ALL "en_US.utf8")))))
(define (initialize-guix)
"Perform the usual initialization for stand-alone Guix commands."