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-rw-r--r--lib/spack/spack/build_environment.py7
-rw-r--r--lib/spack/spack/schema/config.py1
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/build_environment.py b/lib/spack/spack/build_environment.py
index 71edc65ce7..fa79683717 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/build_environment.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/build_environment.py
@@ -142,6 +142,13 @@ def clean_environment():
env.unset('LD_RUN_PATH')
env.unset('DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH')
+ build_lang = spack.config.get('config:build_language')
+ if build_lang:
+ # Override language-related variables. This can be used to force
+ # English compiler messages etc., which allows parse_log_events to
+ # show useful matches.
+ env.set('LC_ALL', build_lang)
+
# Remove any macports installs from the PATH. The macports ld can
# cause conflicts with the built-in linker on el capitan. Solves
# assembler issues, e.g.:
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/schema/config.py b/lib/spack/spack/schema/config.py
index 0ebcd74ade..583fe79fbf 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/schema/config.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/schema/config.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ schema = {
'checksum': {'type': 'boolean'},
'locks': {'type': 'boolean'},
'dirty': {'type': 'boolean'},
+ 'build_language': {'type': 'string'},
'build_jobs': {'type': 'integer', 'minimum': 1},
'ccache': {'type': 'boolean'},
'db_lock_timeout': {'type': 'integer', 'minimum': 1},