From 135d5a7817bd0ec36688c9acb95b57ebfb0ac4ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alan O'Cais <alan.ocais@cecam.org>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 10:08:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Set locale in EESSI-extend to one known to exist under
 $EPREFIX

---
 EESSI-extend-easybuild.eb | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/EESSI-extend-easybuild.eb b/EESSI-extend-easybuild.eb
index 1aa8be4e..2890ff49 100644
--- a/EESSI-extend-easybuild.eb
+++ b/EESSI-extend-easybuild.eb
@@ -235,6 +235,13 @@ if mode() == "unload" or mode() == "dependencyCk" or convertToCanonical(easybuil
     setenv ("EASYBUILD_SEARCH_PATH_CPP_HEADERS", "include_paths")
   end
 end
+
+-- Avoid locale related problems by (temporarily) overwriting the locale with one we know exists ('locale -a')
+pushenv ("LANG", "C.utf8")
+pushenv ("LC_ALL", "C.utf8")
+pushenv ("LC_CTYPE", "C.utf8")
+pushenv ("LC_MESSAGES", "C.utf8")
+
 """
 
 moduleclass = 'devel'