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+
+# Set system locale
+#
+# === Parameters
+#
+#     $lang:
+#         Value to set into $LANG environment.
+#
+# === Sample usage
+#
+# class { "locale":
+#     lang => "en_US.ISO8859-1",
+# }
+#
+class locale($lang="en_US") {
+
+    case $::operatingsystem {
+        "centos": {
+            augeas { "i18n":
+                context => "/files/etc/sysconfig/i18n",
+                changes => "set LANG en_US",
+            }
+        }
+        "fedora": {
+            augeas { "i18n":
+                context => $::operatingsystemrelease ? {
+                    /^1[0-7]/ => "/files/etc/sysconfig/i18n",
+                    default   => "/files/etc/locale.conf",
+                },
+                changes => "set LANG en_US",
+            }
+        }
+        "ubuntu": {
+            augeas { "i18n":
+                context => "/files/etc/default/locale",
+                changes => "set LANG en_US",
+            }
+        }
+        default: {
+            fail("locale module not supported in ${::operatingsystem}")
+        }
+    }
+
+}
+