bug#67044: C.utf8 locale cannot be built

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello!

Tomas Volf <~@wolfsden.cz> skribis:

> On 2023-11-27 23:02:26 +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:

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>> Now, it would also be nice if C.utf8 were built-in, shipped with the
>> ‘glibc’ package we have (to me that’s the whole point of C.utf8).  We
>> should fix that now in ‘core-updates’.  Ideas on how to do that?
>
> After short research, I do have an idea.  My knowledge of Guix's internals is
> not good enough (yet? :)) to implement it though.  And I am not even sure it
> should be done.  Anyway here it goes:
>
> 1. Add a phase after 'install that builds and installs the C.utf8 locale, as
> documented here[0].
> 2. Make glibc package add the directory into GUIX_LOCPATH.  Since it accepts :
> separated directories, it should be possible, however I am unsure how.

I decided to give it a go:

  https://issues.guix.gnu.org/67686

Please do chime in and let me know what you think!

Ludo’.