bug#35785: guix won't download if locale is set to swedish

[Einar Largenius]

Hello.

I just downloaded guix and installed it. In my config I have this line:

(locale "sv_SE.utf8")

If I run 'guix pull' I get the error:

guix pull: error: lstat: Filen eller katalogen finns inte: 
"ftp://sourceware.org/pub/libffi-3.2.1.tar.gz";

The part in swedish means "file or directory does not exist".

'LANG= guix pull' works without issue.

bug#35785: guix won't download if locale is set to swedish

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello Einar,

Einar Largenius  skribis:

> I just downloaded guix and installed it. In my config I have this line:
>
> (locale "sv_SE.utf8")
>
> If I run 'guix pull' I get the error:
>
> guix pull: error: lstat: Filen eller katalogen finns inte: 
> "ftp://sourceware.org/pub/libffi-3.2.1.tar.gz";
>
> The part in swedish means "file or directory does not exist".

Could you paste the complete output of ‘guix pull -v2’ when running
under that locale?

Thanks,
Ludo’.

bug#35785: guix won't download if locale is set to swedish

[Einar Largenius]

> Could you paste the complete output of ‘guix pull -v2’ when running
> under that locale?

Yes sorry. I have not setup email yet on that system so I need to
manually transcribe any output. This should be the complete output:

Updating channel 'guix' from Git repository at 
'https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git'...
Building from this channel:
  guix   https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git  f5557bd
guix pull: error: lstat: Filen eller katalogen finns inte: 
"ftp://sourceware.org/pub/libffi-3.2.1.tar.gz";

bug#35785: guix won't download if locale is set to swedish

[Ludovic Courtès]

Einar Largenius  skribis:

>> Could you paste the complete output of ‘guix pull -v2’ when running
>> under that locale?
>
> Yes sorry. I have not setup email yet on that system so I need to
> manually transcribe any output. This should be the complete output:
>
> Updating channel 'guix' from Git repository at 
> 'https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git'...
> Building from this channel:
>   guix   https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git  f5557bd
> guix pull: error: lstat: Filen eller katalogen finns inte: 
> "ftp://sourceware.org/pub/libffi-3.2.1.tar.gz";

I can reproduce it:

--8<---cut here---start->8---
$ export GUIX_LOCPATH=$(guix build glibc-locales)/lib/locale
$ LANGUAGE= LC_ALL=sv_SE.utf8 guix pull -p foo
Updating channel 'guix' from Git repository at 
'https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git'...
Building from this channel:
  guix  https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git   0f469c1
guix pull: error: lstat: Filen eller katalogen finns inte: 
"ftp://sourceware.org/pub/libffi/libffi-3.2.1.tar.gz";
--8<---cut here---end--->8---

Super weird!

Investigating…

Ludo’.