bug#16952: Failing locale

[Ludovic Courtès]

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> I am trying to install guix on Debian. I am getting a locale conversion error:
>
> make
> /usr/bin/guile --no-auto-compile -c                             \
>           "(use-modules (rnrs io ports))                        \
>            (call-with-output-file \"nix/libstore/schema.sql.hh\"              
>           \
>              (lambda (out)                                      \
>                (call-with-input-file \"nix/libstore/schema.sql\"              
>           \
>                  (lambda (in)                                   \
>                    (write (get-string-all in) out)))))"
> Backtrace:
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>  149: 2 [catch #t #<catch-closure b9ca00> ...]
>  157: 1 [#<procedure b380f0 ()>]
> In unknown file:
>    ?: 0 [catch-closure]
>
> ERROR: In procedure catch-closure:
> ERROR: Throw to key `decoding-error' with args `("scm_from_stringn" "input 
> locale conversion error" 22 #vu8(40 117 115 101 45 109 111 100 117 108 101 
> 115 32 40 114 110 114 115 32 105 111 32 112 111 114 116 115 41 41 9 9 9 32 32 
> 32 40 99 97 108 108 45 119 105 116 104 45 111 117 116 112 117 116 45 102 105 
> 108 101 32 34 110 105 120 47 108 105 98 115 116 111 114 101 47 115 99 104 101 
> 109 97 46 115 113 108 46 104 104 34 9 9 9 32 32 32 32 32 40 108 97 109 98 100 
> 97 32 40 111 117 116 41 9 9 9 9 9 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 40 99 97 108 108 45 
> 119 105 116 104 45 105 110 112 117 116 45 102 105 108 101 32 34 110 105 120 
> 47 108 105 98 115 116 111 114 101 47 115 99 104 101 109 97 46 115 113 108 34 
> 9 9 9 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 40 108 97 109 98 100 97 32 40 105 110 41 9 9 
> 9 9 9 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 40 119 114 105 116 101 32 40 103 101 
> 116 45 115 116 114 105 110 103 45 97 108 108 32 105 110 41 32 111 117 116 41 
> 41 41 41 41))'.
>
> The locale says
>
> LANG=en_GB

I think this is an instance of <http://bugs.gnu.org/10742>.

You can work around it either by upgrading Guile, or by using a locale
name that specifies its encoding, such as ‘en_GB.UTF-8’.

Can you confirm?

(I’m closing the bug, but do reopen it if I got it wrong.)

Thanks,
Ludo’.