From 464d252d5532be119337b0005c0fb6d25f9c6244 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 13:47:54 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] * 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    |  1 +
 etc/profile.sh     |  1 +
 system/options.nix | 12 ++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/etc/default.nix b/etc/default.nix
index d95a3fc3d12..20caa8c3c50 100644
--- a/etc/default.nix
+++ b/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";
     }
diff --git a/etc/profile.sh b/etc/profile.sh
index 9235876c6bb..89ad895e9f5 100644
--- a/etc/profile.sh
+++ b/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.
diff --git a/system/options.nix b/system/options.nix
index 76aebb102d0..7dae30f05bc 100644
--- a/system/options.nix
+++ b/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.
+    ";
+  }
+
+
 ]