---
# got this from here:
# https://serverfault.com/questions/959026/how-do-i-generate-and-set-the-locale-using-ansible/981742#981742

- name: ensure locale files are available for {{ system_locale }}
  become: true
  community.general.locale_gen:
    name: "{{ system_locale }}"
    state: present

- name: ensure locale files are available for {{ system_language }}
  become: true
  community.general.locale_gen:
    name: "{{ system_language }}"
    state: present

- name: get current locale and language configuration
  ansible.builtin.command:
    cmd: localectl status
  register: locale_status
  changed_when: false

# - name: set facts locale_lang and locale_language
#   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
#     locale_lang: "{{ locale_status.stdout | regex_search('LANG=([^\n]+)', '\\1') | first }}"
#     locale_language: "{{ locale_status.stdout | regex_search('LANGUAGE=([^\n]+)', '\\1') | default([locale_lang], true) | first }}"

- debug:
    msg:
      - "{{ locale_status.stdout | regex_search('LANGUAGE=([^\n]+)', '\\1') }}"
      - "{{ locale_status.stdout | regex_search('LANGUAGE=([^\n]+)', '\\1') | default([locale_lang], true) }}"
      - "{{ locale_status.stdout | regex_search('LANGUAGE=([^\n]+)', '\\1') | default([locale_lang], true) | first }}"

- name: set locale to '{{ system_locale }}'
  become: true
  changed_when: locale_lang != system_locale
  ansible.builtin.command:
    cmd: localectl set-locale LANG={{ system_locale }}
  vars:
    locale_lang: "{{ locale_status.stdout | regex_search('LANG=([^\n]+)', '\\1') | first }}"

- name: set language to '{{ system_language }}'
  become: true
  changed_when: locale_language != system_language
  ansible.builtin.command:
    cmd: localectl set-locale LANGUAGE={{ system_language }}
  vars:
    locale_language: "{{ locale_status.stdout | regex_search('LANGUAGE=([^\n]+)', '\\1') | default([locale_lang], true) | first }}"

# root@nfs-test:~# localectl status
# System Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
#                LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
#     VC Keymap: (unset)
#    X11 Layout: (unset)