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

[Maxim Cournoyer]

Hi,

Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be> writes:

> Dhruvin Gandhi schreef op vr 24-09-2021 om 13:26 [+0000]:
>> [...]
>> > This seems like a locale issue:
>> > 
>> > [...]
>> > Did you set LC_ALL to an UTF-8 locale before running guix-install.sh?
>> 
>> No
>> 
>> > If not, the default ANSI_X3.4-1968 encoding is used, which doesn't support 
>> > the letter è.
>> 
>> I think this must be it.
>> 
>> 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?
>
> 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 
> be required to
> get UTF-8 output from guix-install.

Closing, as a UTF-8 locale shouldn't be a requirement for using
install.sh.

Thanks for the report!

Maxim