* Set the LANG environment variable (default is en_US.UTF-8,

can be overriden through the system configuration).

svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=8541

etc/default.nix

@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ import ../helpers/make-etc.nix {
         inherit systemPath wrapperDir;
         inherit (pkgs) kernel glibc;
         timeZone = config.get ["time" "timeZone"];
+        defaultLocale = config.get ["i18n" "defaultLocale"];
       };
       target = "profile";
     }

etc/profile.sh

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ export PAGER=less
 export TZ=@timeZone@
 export TZDIR=@glibc@/share/zoneinfo
 export FONTCONFIG_FILE=/etc/fonts/fonts.conf
+export LANG=@defaultLocale@
 
 
 # A nice prompt.

system/options.nix

@@ -856,4 +856,16 @@
   }
 
   
+  {
+    name = ["i18n" "defaultLocale"];
+    default = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    example = "nl_NL.UTF-8";
+    description = "
+      The default locale.  It determines the language for program
+      messages, the format for dates and times, sort order, and so on.
+      It also determines the character set, such as UTF-8.
+    ";
+  }
+
+
 ]