gnu: glibc-utf8-locales: Hide the package.
This package has a long history of confusing users, due to containing only a small, arbitrary subset of UTF-8 locales. * gnu/packages/base.scm (glibc-utf8-locales): Define as a hidden package. * doc/guix.texi (Application Setup): Do not mention glibc-utf8-locales. Instead, provide an example for defining a custom locales package.
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@ -1867,8 +1867,24 @@ $ export GUIX_LOCPATH=$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/locale
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Note that the @code{glibc-locales} package contains data for all the
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locales supported by the GNU@tie{}libc and weighs in at around
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917@tie{}MiB@. Alternatively, the @code{glibc-utf8-locales} is smaller but
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limited to a few UTF-8 locales.
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930@tie{}MiB@footnote{The size of the @code{glibc-locales} package is
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reduced down to about 213@tie{}MiB with store deduplication and further
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down to about 67@tie{}MiB when using a zstd-compressed Btrfs file
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system.}. If you only need a few locales, you can define your custom
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locales package via the @code{make-glibc-utf8-locales} procedure from
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the @code{(gnu packages base)} module. The following example defines a
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package containing the various Canadian UTF-8 locales known to the
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GNU@tie{}libc, that weighs around 14@tie{}MiB:
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@lisp
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(use-modules (gnu packages base))
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(define my-glibc-locales
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(make-glibc-utf8-locales
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glibc
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#:locales (list "en_CA" "fr_CA" "ik_CA" "iu_CA" "shs_CA")
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#:name "glibc-canadian-utf8-locales"))
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@end lisp
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The @env{GUIX_LOCPATH} variable plays a role similar to @env{LOCPATH}
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(@pxref{Locale Names, @env{LOCPATH},, libc, The GNU C Library Reference
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(define-public glibc-locales
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(make-glibc-locales glibc))
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(define-public glibc-utf8-locales
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(make-glibc-utf8-locales glibc))
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(hidden-package
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(make-glibc-utf8-locales glibc)))
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;; Packages provided to ease use of binaries linked against the previous libc.
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(define-public glibc-locales-2.29
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