Re: core-updates merged!

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello!

ng0 <address@hidden> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:

[...]

>> On GuixSD, to ease transition to libc 2.23, you’ll want to install libc
>> 2.22 locale data globally (info "(guix) Locales"):
>>
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> (use-modules (gnu system locale))
>>
>> (operating-system
>>   ;; …
>>   (locale-libcs (cons glibc-2.22 %default-locale-libcs)))
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>
>> Enjoy!
>>
>> Ludo’.
>>
>
> Thanks for pushing this. One question about the comment you made:
> Why is this necessary?

This is necessary for binaries linked against libc 2.22, so they can
access libc 2.22 locale data:

  
https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Locales.html#Locale-Data-Compatibility-Considerations

> I rebuilt my systems with this and I get various "invalid locale"
> errors now.

As discussed on IRC, SNAFU!  For reasons yet to be elucidated, the
address@hidden package no longer honors /run/current-system/locale.

Commit ab3a64507a792e4da0527b423fbc28f8768e736a works around it by
setting GUIX_LOCPATH=/run/currrent-system/locale on GuixSD.  This is an
acceptable workaround, having no visible drawback.

Please report any other issues!

Ludo’.