On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 03:17:32PM +0000, Ekaitz Zarraga wrote: > I made a guix pull the other day and since then I'm getting the classic: > > .... > guile: warning: failed to install locale > hint: Consider installing the `glibc-utf8-locales' or `glibc-locales' package > and defining `GUIX_LOCPATH', along these lines: > > guix package -i glibc-utf8-locales > export GUIX_LOCPATH="$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/locale" > > See the "Application Setup" section in the manual, for mo... > .... > > > But what it says doesn't solve anything. The error persists. > What am I missing? > IIRC it went away in previous time just doing what the error message says.
The locales are not compatible between versions of glibc, and you probably pulled a big update that updated glibc. So now, you are using the new version, and the guix-daemon is still using the old version. The locales need to be updated for people who are using Guix (that's you) and for the guix-daemon, which runs as a different user (typically as root). Check the manual section on locales for Guix System, specifically the part about compatibility: https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Locales.html
