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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2019-04-23 00:08:54 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2019-04-23 00:34:47 +0200
commit7611074f677f1c3cfe5da426f387eeda1b6ad825 (patch)
treef9a87a7b7167665344ff36f1540b6ac9a3583fad /gnu/installer
parent5582aa8e31bf88f981caedeb4fbbb758486b6ca7 (diff)
installer: Run 'guix system init' with the right locale.
* gnu/installer/utils.scm (run-shell-command): Add #:locale and honor it. * gnu/installer/newt/final.scm (run-install-shell): Add 'locale' parameter; pass it to 'install-system'. (run-final-page): Obtain locale from RESULT; pass it to 'run-install-shell'. * gnu/installer/final.scm (install-system): Add 'locale' parameter; pass it to 'run-shell-command'.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/installer')
-rw-r--r--gnu/installer/final.scm8
-rw-r--r--gnu/installer/newt/final.scm9
-rw-r--r--gnu/installer/utils.scm14
3 files changed, 23 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/installer/final.scm b/gnu/installer/final.scm
index e1c62f5ce0..07946f72c3 100644
--- a/gnu/installer/final.scm
+++ b/gnu/installer/final.scm
@@ -24,13 +24,15 @@
#:use-module (guix build utils)
#:export (install-system))
-(define (install-system)
+(define (install-system locale)
"Start COW-STORE service on target directory and launch guix install command
-in a subshell."
+in a subshell. LOCALE must be the locale name under which that command will
+run, or #f."
(let ((install-command
(format #f "guix system init ~a ~a"
(%installer-configuration-file)
(%installer-target-dir))))
(mkdir-p (%installer-target-dir))
(start-service 'cow-store (list (%installer-target-dir)))
- (false-if-exception (run-shell-command install-command))))
+ (false-if-exception (run-shell-command install-command
+ #:locale locale))))
diff --git a/gnu/installer/newt/final.scm b/gnu/installer/newt/final.scm
index 645c1e8689..f492c5dbb7 100644
--- a/gnu/installer/newt/final.scm
+++ b/gnu/installer/newt/final.scm
@@ -65,22 +65,23 @@ press the button to reboot.")))
(G_ "The final system installation step failed. You can retry the \
last step, or restart the installer.")))
-(define (run-install-shell)
+(define (run-install-shell locale)
(clear-screen)
(newt-suspend)
- (let ((install-ok? (install-system)))
+ (let ((install-ok? (install-system locale)))
(newt-resume)
install-ok?))
(define (run-final-page result prev-steps)
- (let* ((configuration (format-configuration prev-steps result))
+ (let* ((configuration (format-configuration prev-steps result))
(user-partitions (result-step result 'partition))
+ (locale (result-step result 'locale))
(install-ok?
(with-mounted-partitions
user-partitions
(configuration->file configuration)
(run-config-display-page)
- (run-install-shell))))
+ (run-install-shell locale))))
(if install-ok?
(run-install-success-page)
(run-install-failed-page))))
diff --git a/gnu/installer/utils.scm b/gnu/installer/utils.scm
index e91f90a84d..256722729c 100644
--- a/gnu/installer/utils.scm
+++ b/gnu/installer/utils.scm
@@ -54,9 +54,21 @@ number. If no percentage is found, return #f"
(and result
(string->number (match:substring result 1)))))
-(define (run-shell-command command)
+(define* (run-shell-command command #:key locale)
+ "Run COMMAND, a string, with Bash, and in the given LOCALE."
(call-with-temporary-output-file
(lambda (file port)
+ (when locale
+ (let ((supported? (false-if-exception
+ (setlocale LC_ALL locale))))
+ ;; If LOCALE is not supported, then set LANGUAGE, which might at
+ ;; least give us translated messages.
+ (if supported?
+ (format port "export LC_ALL=\"~a\"~%" locale)
+ (format port "export LANGUAGE=\"~a\"~%"
+ (string-take locale
+ (string-index locale #\_))))))
+
(format port "~a~%" command)
;; (format port "exit~%")
(close port)