[Bug 1558069] [NEW] Login complains "Your environment specifies an invalid locale", doesn't say which locale

[Graham Leggett]

Public bug reported:

On login to a brand new trusty machine with all updates applied, the
following message appears:

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WARNING! Your environment specifies an invalid locale.
 This can affect your user experience significantly, including the
 ability to manage packages. You may install the locales by running:

   sudo apt-get install language-pack-UTF-8
     or
   sudo locale-gen UTF-8

To see all available language packs, run:
   apt-cache search "^language-pack-[a-z][a-z]$"
To disable this message for all users, run:
   sudo touch /var/lib/cloud/instance/locale-check.skip
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- The message complains about an invalid locale, but then doesn't tell
you what the locale is or what is invalid about it.

- The suggested advice "sudo apt-get install language-pack-UTF-8" breaks
as follows:

ubuntu at z4-dev-black-wap01:~$ sudo apt-get install language-pack-UTF-8
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package language-pack-UTF-8

The above warning needs to be fixed to contain the locate that is
invalid, and to provide accurate package names in the advice given to
fix it.

** Affects: cloud-init (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: trusty

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  Login complains "Your environment specifies an invalid locale",
  doesn't say which locale

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