Merge pull request EESSI#46 from EESSI/fix_locales

Generate locales for Prefix installation

README.md

@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ Once the bootstrap is completed, run the script to replace some paths with symli
 scripts/prefix-symlink-host-paths.sh
 ```
 
+In order to generate the right locales for your installation, see [this item](https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Prefix/FAQ#Add_an_en_US.UTF-8_locale)
+of the Gentoo Prefix FAQ.
+
 ### Adding the EESSI overlay and packages
 Additional packages are added in the EESSI overlay, which is based on ComputeCanada.
 You can add them manually or in an automated way by using Ansible, being Ansible the preferred way. Below you can find the two options explained.

ansible/playbooks/README.md

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ Before running the playbook, make sure the following settings are correct, and o
 | Variable | Description |
 | --- | --- |
 | gentoo_prefix_path | Path to the root of your Gentoo Prefix installation |
+|prefix_locales|List of locales to be generated|
 | package_sets | List of package sets to be installed |
 | prefix_packages | List of additional packages to be installed |
 | python_targets | String consisting of [Gentoo Python targets](https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Python/PYTHON_TARGETS) |

ansible/playbooks/install.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@
 - name: Install compatibility layer
   hosts: cvmfsstratum0servers
   environment:
-    PATH: "{{ gentoo_prefix_path }}/usr/bin:{{ gentoo_prefix_path }}/bin:{{ ansible_env.PATH }}"
+    PATH:
+       "{{ gentoo_prefix_path }}/usr/sbin\
+       :{{ gentoo_prefix_path }}/usr/bin\
+       :{{ gentoo_prefix_path }}/sbin\
+       :{{ gentoo_prefix_path }}/bin\
+       :{{ ansible_env.PATH }}"
     EPREFIX: "{{ gentoo_prefix_path }}"
     BPREFIX: "{{ gentoo_prefix_path }}"
     LC_ALL: C

ansible/playbooks/roles/compatibility_layer/defaults/main.yml

@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ cvmfs_repository: pilot.eessi-hpc.org
 
 gentoo_prefix_path: /cvmfs/pilot.eessi-hpc.org/2020.09/compat/x86_64
 
+prefix_locales:
+  - en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
+
 package_sets: 
   - 2020.08
 

ansible/playbooks/roles/compatibility_layer/handlers/main.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Handlers for this role
+---
+
+- name: Generate locales
+  command: locale-gen

ansible/playbooks/roles/compatibility_layer/tasks/main.yml

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
   when: cvmfs_start_transaction
 
 - block:
+  - include_tasks: prefix_configuration.yml
+
   - include_tasks: create_host_symlinks.yml
 
   - include_tasks: add_overlay.yml

ansible/playbooks/roles/compatibility_layer/tasks/prefix_configuration.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# General configuration of the Prefix installation,
+# for instance locale support.
+---
+
+- name: Add locales to configuration file
+  lineinfile:
+    path: "{{ gentoo_prefix_path }}/etc/locale.gen"
+    line: "{{ item }}"
+    state: present
+  with_items: "{{ prefix_locales }}"
+  notify: Generate locales