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Wrong locale settings for guix-daemon causes confusing error

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Message #8 received at 45166 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Marius Bakke <marius <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 45166 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45166: Wrong locale settings for guix-daemon causes
 confusing error
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2020 11:01:58 +0100

Hi,

Marius Bakke <marius <at> gnu.org> skribis:

> User sss2 reported on #guix[0] that running guix-daemon with an invalid
> locale causes the following error:
>
> # guix pull
> Updating channel 'guix' from Git repository at 'https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git'...
> Building from this channel:
>   guix      https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git   77667e2
> Computing Guix derivation for 'x86_64-linux'... |
> guix pull: error: got unexpected path `hint: Consider installing the `glibc-utf8-locales' or `glibc-locales' package and' from substituter

How did they run the daemon?  The systemd unit file we provide normally
makes sure it runs with the right GUIX_LOCPATH and with a valid locale.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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