From 16661b0cbe64855fdd9ffa6812210edd0aed3331 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?S=C3=A9bastien=20Helleu?= <flashcode@flashtux.org>
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2017 15:12:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] tests: display an error if the required locale en_US.UTF-8 is
 not installed

---
 tests/tests.cpp | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tests/tests.cpp b/tests/tests.cpp
index f863e2056..76ecb2132 100644
--- a/tests/tests.cpp
+++ b/tests/tests.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ extern "C"
 
 #include "CppUTest/CommandLineTestRunner.h"
 
+#define LOCALE_TESTS "en_US.UTF-8"
+
 /* import tests from libs */
 IMPORT_TEST_GROUP(Plugins);
 IMPORT_TEST_GROUP(Arraylist);
@@ -129,9 +131,19 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
     struct t_gui_buffer *ptr_core_buffer;
 
     /* setup environment: English language, no specific timezone */
-    setenv ("LC_ALL", "en_US.UTF-8", 1);
+    setenv ("LC_ALL", LOCALE_TESTS, 1);
     setenv ("TZ", "", 1);
 
+    /* check if locale exists */
+    if (!setlocale (LC_ALL, ""))
+    {
+        fprintf (stderr,
+                 "ERROR: the locale %s must be installed to run WeeChat "
+                 "tests.\n",
+                 LOCALE_TESTS);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
     /* build arguments for WeeChat */
     weechat_tests_args = getenv ("WEECHAT_TESTS_ARGS");
     length = strlen (argv[0]) +