From 46bd6edd5af4b4fe1f1d066028a6a84ed17ce96b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 17:06:40 +0200 Subject: gnu: libc: Look for locale data under /run/current-system/locale/X.Y. * gnu/packages/base.scm (glibc)[arguments]: Append VERSION to 'libc_cv_localedir'. * gnu/system/locale.scm (localedef-command): Write to the sub-directory called (package-version libc) in #$output. (locale-directory): Create said directory. * doc/guix.texi (Locales): Mention the per-version sub-directory. --- gnu/packages/base.scm | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'gnu/packages/base.scm') diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm index a3e3e36608..a7d9459913 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/base.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm @@ -509,12 +509,16 @@ store.") ;; Set the default locale path. In practice, $LOCPATH may be ;; defined to point whatever locales users want. However, setuid ;; binaries don't honor $LOCPATH, so they'll instead look into - ;; $libc_cv_localedir; we choose /run/current-system/locale, with - ;; the idea that it is going to be populated by the sysadmin. + ;; $libc_cv_localedir; we choose /run/current-system/locale/X.Y, + ;; with the idea that it is going to be populated by the sysadmin. + ;; The "X.Y" sub-directory is because locale data formats are + ;; incompatible across libc versions; see + ;; . ;; ;; `--localedir' is not honored, so work around it. ;; See . - (string-append "libc_cv_localedir=/run/current-system/locale") + (string-append "libc_cv_localedir=/run/current-system/locale/" + ,version) (string-append "--with-headers=" (assoc-ref %build-inputs "linux-headers") -- cgit v1.2.3