mk: export locales much earlier

also simplify the way it works (eval and awk)

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/include/init.sh b/include/init.sh
index 52e87a6c..70c6591f 100644
--- a/include/init.sh
+++ b/include/init.sh
@@ -5,24 +5,6 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2020-2026 Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
 # Copyright (c) 2025 Alper Nebi Yasak <alpernebiyasak@gmail.com>
 
-utf_8="C.UTF-8"
-
-export LANG="$utf_8"
-export LANGUAGE="$utf_8"
-export LC_CTYPE="$utf_8"
-export LC_NUMERIC="$utf_8"
-export LC_TIME="$utf_8"
-export LC_COLLATE="$utf_8"
-export LC_MONETARY="$utf_8"
-export LC_MESSAGES="$utf_8"
-export LC_PAPER="$utf_8"
-export LC_NAME="$utf_8"
-export LC_ADDRESS="$utf_8"
-export LC_TELEPHONE="$utf_8"
-export LC_MEASUREMENT="$utf_8"
-export LC_IDENTIFICATION="$utf_8"
-export LC_ALL="$utf_8"
-
 projectname="libreboot"
 projectsite="https://libreboot.org/"
 
diff --git a/mk b/mk
index 61c0020b..cea6c943 100755
--- a/mk
+++ b/mk
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
 
 set -u -e
 
+eval "`printf "%s\n" "LANG LANGUAGE LC_CTYPE LC_NUMERIC LC_TIME LC_COLLATE \
+    LC_MONETARY LC_MESSAGES LC_PAPER LC_NAME LC_ADDRESS LC_TELEPHONE \
+    LC_MEASUREMENT LC_IDENTIFICATION LC_ALL" | \
+    awk '{ for (i=1; i<=NF; i++) $i = "export " $i "=C.UTF-8;"; print }'`"
+
 (
 xbarg0="$0"
 [ "${xbarg0##*/}" = "$xbarg0" ] && \