# The glibc package in Nixpkgs is patched to make it possible to specify # an alternative path for the locale archive through a special environment # variable. This would allow different versions of glibc to coexist on the # same system because each version of glibc could look up different paths # for its locale archive should the archive format ever change in # incompatible ways. # # See also: # - localedef(1) # - https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/#locales # - https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/38991 # # Note, the name of the said environment variable gets updated with each # breaking release of the glibcLocales package. Periodically check the link # below for changes: # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/nixpkgs-unstable/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/nix-locale-archive.patch { lib, pkgs, ... }: with lib; let inherit (pkgs.glibcLocales) version; archivePath = "${pkgs.glibcLocales}/lib/locale/locale-archive"; # lookup the version of glibcLocales and set the appropriate environment vars localeVars = if versionAtLeast version "2.27" then { LOCALE_ARCHIVE_2_27 = archivePath; } else if versionAtLeast version "2.11" then { LOCALE_ARCHIVE_2_11 = archivePath; } else { }; in { meta.maintainers = with maintainers; [ midchildan ]; config = { # For shell sessions. home.sessionVariables = localeVars; # For desktop apps. systemd.user.sessionVariables = localeVars; }; }