bug#50774: closed (guix-install.sh outputs invalid utf-8 characters)

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> guix-install.sh outputs invalid utf-8 characters
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> Fri, 24 Sep 2021 09:21:28 +0000
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> I've recently submitted a patch to builds.sr.ht to support guix build
> image. While installing guix binary on foreign distro via
> guix-install.sh, it appears that the installer outputs invalid utf-8
> characters[1].
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> References:
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> https://lists.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/sr.ht-dev/patches/25167#%3CCEH30J59XCDH.3NMOSL8GGLIRF@taiga%3E
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> Re: bug#50774: guix-install.sh outputs invalid utf-8 characters
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> Tue, 12 Jul 2022 09:37:55 -0400
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> Hi,
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> Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be> writes:
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> > Dhruvin Gandhi schreef op vr 24-09-2021 om 13:26 [+0000]:
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> >> > This seems like a locale issue:
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> >> > Did you set LC_ALL to an UTF-8 locale before running guix-install.sh?
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> >> No
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> >> > If not, the default ANSI_X3.4-1968 encoding is used, which doesn't support 
> >> > the letter è.
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> >> I think this must be it.
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> >> Is defining LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 necessary before using the installer? If yes, 
> >> should we document
> >> it or maybe add it to the installer itself?
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> > I don't think it is.  Other locales such as LC_ALL=nl_NL.UTF-8 should work 
> > too I think,
> > and an UTF-8 locale isn't required AFAIK, though an UTF-8 locale appears to 
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> > get UTF-8 output from guix-install.
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> Closing, as a UTF-8 locale shouldn't be a requirement for using
> install.sh.
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> Thanks for the report!
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> Maxim
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