bugfix: add name attribute

README.md

@@ -7,12 +7,23 @@ You can see which languages are available by
 $ locale -a 
 
 On debian based systems you can set the locale by running
- update-locale LANG={lang}
+ update-locale LANG={lang} LANGUAGE={lang}
 e.g.
- update-locale LANG=en_AU.utf8
+ update-locale LANG=en_AU.utf8 LANGUAGE=en_AU.utf8
 
 It updates the file /etc/default/locale
 
+LANG variable sets the locale and LANGUAGE variable sets the fallback
+language in case a program does not have translations available for
+the default locale. It is also used by the gettext program.
+
+For docs see:  
+* https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Locale/
+* https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnvironmentVariables
+* http://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/gnu/gettext/manual/html_node/The-LANGUAGE-variable.html#The-LANGUAGE-variable
+* http://serverfault.com/questions/455718/for-setting-locale-in-ubuntu-what-does-the-language-environment-variable-mean
+* http://serverfault.com/questions/455922/in-ubuntu-what-is-the-difference-between-en-usutf8-and-en-us-when-setting-lan
+
 On rhel based systems you can set default locale updating /etc/sysconfig/i18n
 There doesn't seem to be a command line tool to update this file?!?
 
@@ -25,6 +36,8 @@ Attributes
 ==========
 
 * `node[:locale][:lang]` -- defaults to "en_US.utf8"
+* `node[:locale][:language]` -- defaults to "en_US:"
+* `node[:locale][:lc_all]` -- defaults to "en_US.utf8"
 
 Usage
 =====

attributes/default.rb

@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 default[:locale][:lang] = "en_US.utf8"
+default[:locale][:language] = "en_US:"
+default[:locale][:lc_all] = "en_US.utf8"

metadata.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+name             "chef-locale"
 maintainer       "Heavy Water Software Inc."
 maintainer_email "[email protected]"
 license          "Apache 2.0"

recipes/default.rb

@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@
   end
 
   execute "Update locale" do
-    command "update-locale LANG=#{node[:locale][:lang]}"
+  	command_string = "update-locale LANG=#{node[:locale][:lang]}"
+  	command_string << " LANGUAGE=#{node[:locale][:language]}" unless node[:locale][:language].nil?
+  	command_string << " LC_ALL=#{node[:locale][:lc_all]}" unless node[:locale][:lc_all].nil?
+    Chef::Log.debug("locale command is #{command_string.inspect}")
+    command command_string
   end
 
 end