From b650dc1b0bd8de062fc72db57d4a9b035e73a6c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Seblu <seblu@seblu.net>
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 07:38:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add EARLYLOCALE option

EARLYLOCALE option set locale during the boot process.
By example, this allow to un process in DAEMONS with locale set.
---
 rc.conf  |    3 +++
 rc.multi |    4 ++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rc.conf b/rc.conf
index de182c3..b5a6584 100644
--- a/rc.conf
+++ b/rc.conf
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
+# EARLYLOCALE: locale is set during the boot process.
+#   By example, this allow to run process in DAEMONS with locale set.
 # HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime", any other value will result
 #   in the hardware clock being left untouched (useful for virtualization)
 # TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@
 # USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
 #
 LOCALE="en_US.UTF-8"
+EARLYLOCALE="no"
 HARDWARECLOCK="localtime"
 TIMEZONE="Canada/Pacific"
 KEYMAP="us"
diff --git a/rc.multi b/rc.multi
index 660f649..9bb1e79 100755
--- a/rc.multi
+++ b/rc.multi
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ run_hook multi_start
 # Load sysctl variables if sysctl.conf is present
 [[ -r /etc/sysctl.conf ]] && /sbin/sysctl -q -p &>/dev/null
 
+# Load locale settings
+[[ "$EARLYLOCALE" =~ yes|Yes && -r /etc/profile.d/locale.sh ]] && \
+	. /etc/profile.d/locale.sh
+
 # Start daemons
 for daemon in "${DAEMONS[@]}"; do
     case ${daemon:0:1} in
-- 
1.7.3.5