-export LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
-
-sysvinit_path=`realpath /etc/init.d`
-
-nobody_user=`id -u -n 65534 2> /dev/null`
-if [ "$nobody_user" != "" ] ; then
- # Validate that we can translate forth and back
- if [ "`id -u $nobody_user`" != 65534 ] ; then
- nobody_user=""
+# Meson uses Python 3 and requires a locale with an UTF-8 character map.
+# Not running under UTF-8 makes the `ninja test` step break with a CodecError.
+# So let's ensure we're running under UTF-8.
+#
+# If our current locale already is UTF-8, then we don't need to do anything:
+if [ "$(locale charmap)" != "UTF-8" ] ; then
+ # Try using C.UTF-8 locale, if available. This locale is not shipped
+ # by upstream glibc, so it's not available in all distros.
+ # (In particular, it's not available in Arch Linux.)
+ export LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8
+ if [ "$(locale charmap)" != "UTF-8" ] ; then
+ # Finally, try something like en_US.UTF-8, which should be
+ # available in Arch Linux, but is not present in Debian's
+ # minimal image in our mkosi config.
+ export LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
+ if [ "$(locale charmap)" != "UTF-8" ] ; then
+ # If nothing works, fail early.
+ echo "*** Could not find a valid locale that supports UTF-8. ***" >&2
+ exit 1
+ fi