From fbb909ac7e947ebc8aea2c2efca7df3a78dfc3c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 21:32:50 +0200 Subject: gnu: glibc: Honor 'GUIX_LOCPATH'. * gnu/packages/patches/glibc-guix-locpath.patch: New file. * gnu-system.am (dist_patch_DATA): Add it. * gnu/packages/base.scm (glibc)[source]: Use it. [native-search-paths]: Use 'GUIX_LOCPATH' instead of 'LOCPATH'. * doc/guix.texi (Application Setup): Introduce the term "foreign distro". Document 'GUIX_LOCPATH'. --- gnu/packages/patches/glibc-guix-locpath.patch | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+) create mode 100644 gnu/packages/patches/glibc-guix-locpath.patch (limited to 'gnu/packages/patches/glibc-guix-locpath.patch') diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/glibc-guix-locpath.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/glibc-guix-locpath.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..69bb2e50de --- /dev/null +++ b/gnu/packages/patches/glibc-guix-locpath.patch @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +Honor a special 'GUIX_LOCPATH' environment variable. + +This is most useful when using Guix on top of another distro, which uses an +different libc version with incompatible locale data. In this case, setting +'GUIX_LOCPATH' rather than 'LOCPATH' allows users to tell Guix's libc where to +look for its locale data without breaking programs that use the other libc. + +See for +some background information. + +--- a/locale/newlocale.c ++++ b/locale/newlocale.c +@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ __newlocale (int category_mask, const char *locale, __locale_t base) + locale_path_len = 0; + + locpath_var = getenv ("LOCPATH"); ++ if (locpath_var == NULL || locpath_var[0] == '\0') ++ locpath_var = getenv ("GUIX_LOCPATH"); + if (locpath_var != NULL && locpath_var[0] != '\0') + { + if (__argz_create_sep (locpath_var, ':', +diff --git a/locale/setlocale.c b/locale/setlocale.c +index ead030d..0e66c7b 100644 +--- a/locale/setlocale.c ++++ b/locale/setlocale.c +@@ -252,6 +252,8 @@ setlocale (int category, const char *locale) + locale_path_len = 0; + + locpath_var = getenv ("LOCPATH"); ++ if (locpath_var == NULL || locpath_var[0] == '\0') ++ locpath_var = getenv ("GUIX_LOCPATH"); + if (locpath_var != NULL && locpath_var[0] != '\0') + { + if (__argz_create_sep (locpath_var, ':', -- cgit v1.2.3