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[troy engel <troyengel@xxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

The method for configuring the locale information for Arch is incorrect;
it's writing "LANG=lang.CP CP" to /etc/locale.gen which should just be
"lang.CP CP" (no foo=bar) as a naked line. The LANG= is to be written to
/etc/locale.conf instead.

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~cloud-init-dev/cloud-
init/trunk/view/head:/cloudinit/distros/arch.py#L47

Provider (Rackspace) generated config value:

# grep ^locale /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/10_rackspace.cfg 
locale: en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8


== Existing code ==

# cat /etc/locale.gen
# Created by cloud-init v. 0.7.6 on Sun, 14 Dec 2014 15:23:26 +0000
LANG="en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8"

# locale-gen 
Generating locales...
  LANG="en_US.UTF-8"...character map file `UTF-8"' not found: No such file or directory
cannot open locale definition file `LANG="en_US': No such file or directory

== Manually fixed ==

# cat /etc/locale.gen 
# Created by cloud-init v. 0.7.6 on Sun, 14 Dec 2014 15:23:26 +0000
en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8

# locale-gen
Generating locales...
  en_US.UTF-8... done
Generation complete.

====

The attached patch takes a stab at correcting arch.py, however I'm not a
Python coder so YMMV. Based on the existing code, it seems to be
expected the Provider always specify "lang.CP CP" for 'locale' in the
cloud.cfg file(s) so this patch is based on that expectation, using
split() looking for the space and peeling off the first element for
/etc/locale.conf setup.

** Affects: cloud-init
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Patch added: "correct locale creation on Arch"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1402406/+attachment/4281065/+files/cloud-init-arch.patch

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Title:
  Archlinux locale configuration broken

Status in Init scripts for use on cloud images:
  New

Bug description:
  The method for configuring the locale information for Arch is
  incorrect; it's writing "LANG=lang.CP CP" to /etc/locale.gen which
  should just be "lang.CP CP" (no foo=bar) as a naked line. The LANG= is
  to be written to /etc/locale.conf instead.

  http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~cloud-init-dev/cloud-
  init/trunk/view/head:/cloudinit/distros/arch.py#L47

  Provider (Rackspace) generated config value:

  # grep ^locale /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/10_rackspace.cfg 
  locale: en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8

  
  == Existing code ==

  # cat /etc/locale.gen
  # Created by cloud-init v. 0.7.6 on Sun, 14 Dec 2014 15:23:26 +0000
  LANG="en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8"

  # locale-gen 
  Generating locales...
    LANG="en_US.UTF-8"...character map file `UTF-8"' not found: No such file or directory
  cannot open locale definition file `LANG="en_US': No such file or directory

  == Manually fixed ==

  # cat /etc/locale.gen 
  # Created by cloud-init v. 0.7.6 on Sun, 14 Dec 2014 15:23:26 +0000
  en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8

  # locale-gen
  Generating locales...
    en_US.UTF-8... done
  Generation complete.

  ====

  The attached patch takes a stab at correcting arch.py, however I'm not
  a Python coder so YMMV. Based on the existing code, it seems to be
  expected the Provider always specify "lang.CP CP" for 'locale' in the
  cloud.cfg file(s) so this patch is based on that expectation, using
  split() looking for the space and peeling off the first element for
  /etc/locale.conf setup.

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