Improve locale and template handling for LXC builds

Adds explicit locale package installation and locale setup for Debian, Ubuntu, Devuan, RHEL-based, openSUSE, and openEuler containers to ensure proper locale generation on minimal templates. Refines template pattern matching for CentOS Stream and Gentoo, and deduplicates openSUSE handling. Also, refactors misc/core.func for consistent indentation and minor logic improvements.

misc/build.func

@@ -3246,6 +3246,9 @@ EOF'
     ;;
 
   debian | ubuntu | devuan)
+    # First install locales package (required for locale-gen on minimal templates)
+    pct exec "$CTID" -- bash -c "apt-get update >/dev/null && apt-get install -y locales >/dev/null 2>&1 || true"
+
     # Locale setup for Debian-based
     pct exec "$CTID" -- bash -c "sed -i '/$LANG/ s/^# //' /etc/locale.gen 2>/dev/null || true"
     pct exec "$CTID" -- bash -c "locale_line=\$(grep -v '^#' /etc/locale.gen 2>/dev/null | grep -E '^[a-zA-Z]' | awk '{print \$1}' | head -n 1) && \
@@ -3272,18 +3275,33 @@ EOF'
 
   fedora | rockylinux | almalinux | centos)
     # RHEL-based: Fedora, Rocky, AlmaLinux, CentOS
-    pct exec "$CTID" -- bash -c "dnf install -y curl sudo mc jq procps-ng >/dev/null 2>&1 || yum install -y curl sudo mc jq procps-ng >/dev/null 2>&1" || {
+    # Install base packages including glibc-langpack for locale support
+    pct exec "$CTID" -- bash -c "dnf install -y curl sudo mc jq procps-ng glibc-langpack-en >/dev/null 2>&1 || yum install -y curl sudo mc jq procps-ng >/dev/null 2>&1" || {
       msg_error "dnf/yum base packages installation failed"
       exit 1
     }
+
+    # Set locale for RHEL-based systems
+    pct exec "$CTID" -- bash -c "localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8 2>/dev/null || echo 'LANG=en_US.UTF-8' > /etc/locale.conf" || true
+
+    # Timezone setup for RHEL
+    if [[ -z "${tz:-}" ]]; then
+      tz=$(timedatectl show --property=Timezone --value 2>/dev/null || echo "Etc/UTC")
+    fi
+    [[ "${tz:-}" == Etc/* ]] && tz="UTC"
+    if pct exec "$CTID" -- test -e "/usr/share/zoneinfo/$tz"; then
+      pct exec "$CTID" -- bash -c "timedatectl set-timezone '$tz' 2>/dev/null || ln -sf '/usr/share/zoneinfo/$tz' /etc/localtime" || true
+    fi
     ;;
 
   opensuse)
-    # openSUSE
+    # openSUSE - add locale package and setup
-    pct exec "$CTID" -- bash -c "zypper --non-interactive install curl sudo mc jq >/dev/null" || {
+    pct exec "$CTID" -- bash -c "zypper --non-interactive install curl sudo mc jq glibc-locale >/dev/null" || {
       msg_error "zypper base packages installation failed"
       exit 1
     }
+    # Set locale for openSUSE
+    pct exec "$CTID" -- bash -c "localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8 2>/dev/null || echo 'LANG=en_US.UTF-8' > /etc/locale.conf" || true
     ;;
 
   gentoo)
@@ -3295,10 +3313,23 @@ EOF'
 
   openeuler)
     # openEuler (RHEL-compatible)
-    pct exec "$CTID" -- bash -c "dnf install -y curl sudo mc jq >/dev/null" || {
+    # Note: openEuler may fail pct create due to missing /etc/redhat-release - this is a PVE limitation
+    pct exec "$CTID" -- bash -c "dnf install -y curl sudo mc jq glibc-langpack-en >/dev/null" || {
       msg_error "dnf base packages installation failed"
       exit 1
     }
+    # Set locale
+    pct exec "$CTID" -- bash -c "echo 'LANG=en_US.UTF-8' > /etc/locale.conf" || true
+    ;;
+
+  opensuse)
+    # openSUSE - add locale package and setup
+    pct exec "$CTID" -- bash -c "zypper --non-interactive install curl sudo mc jq glibc-locale >/dev/null" || {
+      msg_error "zypper base packages installation failed"
+      exit 1
+    }
+    # Set locale for openSUSE
+    pct exec "$CTID" -- bash -c "localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8 2>/dev/null || echo 'LANG=en_US.UTF-8' > /etc/locale.conf" || true
     ;;
 
   *)
@@ -3845,12 +3876,19 @@ create_lxc_container() {
   # Template discovery & validation
   # Supported OS types (pveam available): alpine, almalinux, centos, debian,
   #   devuan, fedora, gentoo, openeuler, opensuse, rockylinux, ubuntu
+  # Template naming conventions:
+  #   - Debian/Ubuntu/Devuan: <os>-<version>-standard_<date>_<arch>.tar.zst
+  #   - Alpine/Fedora/Rocky/CentOS/AlmaLinux/openEuler: <os>-<version>-default_<date>_<arch>.tar.xz
+  #   - Gentoo: gentoo-current-openrc-<date>_<arch>.tar.xz (version IS 'current')
+  #   - openSUSE: opensuse-<version>-default_<date>_<arch>.tar.xz
+  #   - CentOS: centos-<version>-stream-default_<date>_<arch>.tar.xz (note: stream in name)
   # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   TEMPLATE_SEARCH="${PCT_OSTYPE}-${PCT_OSVERSION:-}"
   case "$PCT_OSTYPE" in
   debian | ubuntu | devuan) TEMPLATE_PATTERN="-standard_" ;;
-  alpine | fedora | rocky | rockylinux | centos | almalinux | openeuler) TEMPLATE_PATTERN="-default_" ;;
+  alpine | fedora | rockylinux | almalinux | openeuler) TEMPLATE_PATTERN="-default_" ;;
-  gentoo) TEMPLATE_PATTERN="-current-openrc" ;;
+  centos) TEMPLATE_PATTERN="-stream-default_" ;;
+  gentoo) TEMPLATE_PATTERN="-openrc-" ;; # Pattern after gentoo-current
   opensuse) TEMPLATE_PATTERN="-default_" ;;
   *) TEMPLATE_PATTERN="" ;;
   esac

misc/core.func

@@ -523,9 +523,9 @@ msg_info() {
   if ! declare -p MSG_INFO_SHOWN &>/dev/null || ! declare -A MSG_INFO_SHOWN &>/dev/null; then
     declare -gA MSG_INFO_SHOWN=()
   fi
-    # Sanitize message for use as associative array key (remove ANSI codes)
+  # Sanitize message for use as associative array key (remove ANSI codes and special chars)
   local sanitized_msg
-    sanitized_msg=$(printf '%s' "$msg" | sed 's/\x1b\[[0-9;]*m//g')
+  sanitized_msg=$(printf '%s' "$msg" | sed 's/\x1b\[[0-9;]*m//g; s/[^a-zA-Z0-9_]/_/g')
   [[ -n "${MSG_INFO_SHOWN["$sanitized_msg"]+x}" ]] && return
   MSG_INFO_SHOWN["$sanitized_msg"]=1
 
@@ -572,10 +572,10 @@ msg_ok() {
   stop_spinner
   clear_line
   echo -e "$CM ${GN}${msg}${CL}"
-    # Sanitize message for use as associative array key (remove ANSI codes)
+  # Sanitize message for use as associative array key (remove ANSI codes and special chars)
   local sanitized_msg
-    sanitized_msg=$(printf '%s' "$msg" | sed 's/\x1b\[[0-9;]*m//g')
+  sanitized_msg=$(printf '%s' "$msg" | sed 's/\x1b\[[0-9;]*m//g; s/[^a-zA-Z0-9_]/_/g')
-    unset MSG_INFO_SHOWN["$sanitized_msg"]
+  unset 'MSG_INFO_SHOWN['"$sanitized_msg"']' 2>/dev/null || true
 }
 
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