From 21e015a0c21d1b690349d7de939d8d07c44b1ec7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Hannes=20K=C3=B6rber?= <hannes@hkoerber.de>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2025 23:26:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Standardize locale on all runs

---
 Makefile   | 6 ++++++
 install.sh | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 51d3fd2..c1fc11c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# Make sure to standardize locale, regardless of the machine config
+#
+# Having a different locale broke "yes | pacman -S" to force-install
+# iptables, for example
+export LC_ALL = en_US.UTF-8
+
 ansible_run = ansible-playbook --inventory localhost, --diff ./playbook.yml ${ANSIBLE_EXTRA_ARGS}
 
 .PHONY: config
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index c771a42..b4c79ff 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@
 set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 
+# Make sure to standardize locale, regardless of the machine config
+#
+# Having a different locale broke "yes | pacman -S" to force-install
+# iptables, for example
+export LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"
+
 DOTDIR="/var/lib/dotfiles"
 
 os_release_file=/etc/os-release