[pve-devel] [PATCH v2 container] centos: set /etc/locale.conf to avoid systemd-firstboot hanging

[pve-devel] [PATCH v2 container] centos: set /etc/locale.conf to avoid systemd-firstboot hanging

[Oguz Bektas]

we can set the locale to a sane default to avoid the issue described in
forum post [0]

[0]: https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/centos-lxc-containers-require-a-reboot.94972/

Signed-off-by: Oguz Bektas <o.bektas@proxmox.com>
---
v1->v2:
* only write if file doesn't exist

 src/PVE/LXC/Setup/CentOS.pm | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/PVE/LXC/Setup/CentOS.pm b/src/PVE/LXC/Setup/CentOS.pm
index 77eb6f7..7610674 100644
--- a/src/PVE/LXC/Setup/CentOS.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/LXC/Setup/CentOS.pm
@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ sub template_fixup {
 	$data =~ s!^(/sbin/start_udev.*)$!#$1!gm;
 	$self->ct_file_set_contents($filename, $data);
     }
+
+    # temporary fix for systemd-firstboot
+    my $locale_conf = '/etc/locale.conf';
+    $self->ct_file_set_contents($locale_conf, "LANG=C.utf8") if !$self->ct_file_exists($locale_conf);
+
     # always call so root can login, if /etc/securetty doesn't exists it's a no-op
     $self->setup_securetty($conf);
 }
-- 
2.30.2

[pve-devel] applied: Re: [PATCH v2 container] centos: set /etc/locale.conf to avoid systemd-firstboot hanging

[Thomas Lamprecht]

On 24/08/2021 13:35, Oguz Bektas wrote:
> we can set the locale to a sane default to avoid the issue described in
> forum post [0]
> 
> [0]: https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/centos-lxc-containers-require-a-reboot.94972/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oguz Bektas <o.bektas@proxmox.com>
> ---
> v1->v2:
> * only write if file doesn't exist
> 
>  src/PVE/LXC/Setup/CentOS.pm | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
>

applied, thanks!