On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 7:18 PM Marius Bakke <[email protected]> wrote:
> Tje Mikael, > > Mikael Djurfeldt <[email protected]> writes: > > > To reproduce the bug: > > > > * install guix on top of an ordinary linux distribution using the install > > script at guix.gnu.org > > > > * install glibc-locales as root > > > > Expected: > > > > There should be a link ~root/.guix-profile/lib/locales > > That should be ~root/.guix-profile/lib/locale (note the singular). > Right (just misspelled in the bug report). > This directory actually comes pre-populated with a small subset of UTF-8 > locales when using the binary installation method like the script does, > so it's odd if you don't find anything there. > I think so too. (But it's not true that it is a small subset of UTF-8 locales. It's a big package with several types of locale.) > > Which distribution are you on, Debian Buster > and how do you become root? sudo -i > Is the $HOME > variable set to root's home directory when you are in a root shell? > Yes. To figure out where the package gets installed, try running this > command: > > find /var/guix/profiles -name sv_SE.utf8 -type d > It's obvious that that line will produce an empty result. That is because the sv_SE.utf8 directory only exists in the store. But I don't see the point of looking it up in the store. The problem is that the link into the store from the root user profile is never created. (It *is* created in other user profiles.) Best regards, Mikael
