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src/install/modules/locale.sh

@@ -30,9 +30,14 @@ configure_locale() {
     read -r locale
     locale="${locale:-en_US.UTF-8}"
 
-    # Generate locale
+    # Generate locale using localedef (glibc provides this, locale-gen is a wrapper
+    # that may not exist on from-scratch systems)
     echo "${locale} UTF-8" > "${MOUNT_POINT}/etc/locale.gen"
-    chroot "${MOUNT_POINT}" locale-gen 2>/dev/null || true
+    locale_name="${locale%%.*}"   # e.g., "en_US" from "en_US.UTF-8"
+    charset="${locale##*.}"       # e.g., "UTF-8" from "en_US.UTF-8"
+    mkdir -p "${MOUNT_POINT}/usr/lib/locale"
+    chroot "${MOUNT_POINT}" localedef -i "${locale_name}" -f "${charset}" "${locale}" 2>/dev/null || \
+        warn "localedef failed — locale may not be fully generated"
     echo "LANG=${locale}" > "${MOUNT_POINT}/etc/locale.conf"
     ok "Locale set to ${locale}"