Re: Is installing `glibc-locales` necessary on GuixSD?

[Maxim Cournoyer]

Hi Ludovic,

Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

> Hi Ada,
>
> Ada Stevenson <adanskana@gmail.com> skribis:
>
>> This is embarrassing. I sent this email before I actually reconfigured
>> my system, and it seems like the message has gone away and the locales
>> are working....... oops!
>
> I missed this message before.  Indeed, once you’ve reconfigured,
> /run/current-system/locale is, by default, populated with locale data
> for both the old and the new version of glibc.  Thus, both “old”
> binaries (linked against glibc 2.35) and new ones (linked against 2.39)
> find compatible locale data.

I guess there should be some user guidance either documented or from the
CLI (using news items?) to tell users what to do when the glibc gets
updated:

1. First update your Guix System
2. *Then* update the package collection from your user profile

Doing it in reverse leads to problems such as reported in #74209
(locales-related breakage).

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim