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guix-install.sh outputs invalid utf-8 characters

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From: "Dhruvin Gandhi" <contact <at> dhruvin.dev>
To: "Maxime Devos" <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>, 50774 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#50774: guix-install.sh outputs invalid utf-8 characters
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 13:26:36 +0000

September 24, 2021 12:51 PM, "Maxime Devos" <maximedevos <at> telenet.be> wrote:

> Dhruvin Gandhi schreef op vr 24-09-2021 om 12:21 [+0000]:
> 
>> September 24, 2021 10:01 AM, "Maxime Devos" <maximedevos <at> telenet.be> wrote:
>> 
>> Dhruvin Gandhi via Bug reports for GNU Guix schreef op vr 24-09-2021 om 09:21 [+0000]:
>> 
>>> I've recently submitted a patch to builds.sr.ht to support guix build
>>> image. While installing guix binary on foreign distro via
>>> guix-install.sh, it appears that the installer outputs invalid utf-8
>>> characters[1].
>>> 
>>> References:
>>> 
>>> [1] https://lists.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/sr.ht-dev/patches/25167#<CEH30J59XCDH.3NMOSL8GGLIRF <at> taiga>
>> 
>> Where is the invalid UTF-8? Perhaps the ? in
>> 
>> (guix-install log)
>> ...
>> gpg: key 090B11993D9AEBB5: public key "Ludovic Court?s <ludo <at> gnu.org>" imported
>> ...
>> 
>> ?
>> 
>> Greetings,
>> Maxime.
>> 
>> Hello Maxime,
>> 
>> I ran a build job on builds.sr.ht [1]. Build logs can be found
>> in artifacts section of the build job [1], i.e. here [2]. I ran
>> grep -axv '.*' <log.txt> to see which lines are offending and I
>> only found the one you mentioned above.
> 
> This seems like a locale issue:
> 
> $ env --ignore-environment LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 ~/.guix-profile/bin/gpg --dry-run --list-keys Ludovic
>> [...]
>> uid [ expired] Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
>> [...]
> 
> $ env --ignore-environment ~/.guix-profile/bin/gpg --dry-run --list-keys Ludovic
>> [...]
>> uid [ expired] Ludovic Court?s <ludo <at> gnu.org>
>> [...]
> 
> Did you set LC_ALL to an UTF-8 locale before running guix-install.sh?

No

> If not, the default ANSI_X3.4-1968 encoding is used, which doesn't support the letter è.

I think this must be it.

Is defining LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 necessary before using the installer? If yes, should we document
it or maybe add it to the installer itself?

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