From 26db747a863b08ebcfd630cce635be86c23d829d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2018 15:36:03 +0200 Subject: ui: Hint at the installation of locale packages and 'GUIX_LOCPATH'. * guix/ui.scm (install-locale): Hide the "warning: failed to install locale" on Guile 2.2. Add a hint about 'glibc-utf8-locales' and 'GUIX_LOCPATH'. --- guix/ui.scm | 17 +++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/guix/ui.scm b/guix/ui.scm index 31830ee850..ec709450d8 100644 --- a/guix/ui.scm +++ b/guix/ui.scm @@ -421,8 +421,21 @@ report them in a user-friendly way." (lambda _ (setlocale LC_ALL "")) (lambda args - (warning (G_ "failed to install locale: ~a~%") - (strerror (system-error-errno args)))))) + (cond-expand + ;; Guile 2.2 already emits a warning, so let's not add a second one. + (guile-2.2 #t) + (else (warning (G_ "failed to install locale: ~a~%") + (strerror (system-error-errno args))))) + (display-hint (G_ "Consider installing the @code{glibc-utf8-locales} or +@code{glibc-locales} package and defining @code{GUIX_LOCPATH}, along these +lines: + +@example +guix package -i glibc-utf8-locales +export GUIX_LOCPATH=\"$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/locale\" +@end example + +See the \"Application Setup\" section in the manual, for more info.\n"))))) (define (initialize-guix) "Perform the usual initialization for stand-alone Guix commands." -- cgit v1.2.3