Use systemd-firstboot to set locale, timezone, hostname and keymap

build-inside-vm.sh

@@ -89,8 +89,9 @@ function postinstall() {
   echo "COMPRESSION=\"xz\"" >>"${MOUNT}/etc/mkinitcpio.conf"
   arch-chroot "${MOUNT}" /usr/bin/mkinitcpio -p linux
 
-  echo "archlinux" >"${MOUNT}/etc/hostname"
-  echo "KEYMAP=us" >"${MOUNT}/etc/vconsole.conf"
+  sed -i -e 's/^#\(en_US.UTF-8\)/\1/' "${MOUNT}/etc/locale.gen"
+  arch-chroot "${MOUNT}" /usr/bin/locale-gen
+  arch-chroot "${MOUNT}" /usr/bin/systemd-firstboot --locale=en_US.UTF-8 --timezone=UTC --hostname=archlinux --keymap=us
   ln -sf /var/run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf "${MOUNT}/etc/resolv.conf"
 }
 

http/install-common.sh

@@ -3,11 +3,6 @@
 set -e
 set -x
 
-ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC /etc/localtime
-sed -i -e 's/^#\(en_US.UTF-8\)/\1/' /etc/locale.gen
-locale-gen
-echo 'LANG=en_US.UTF-8' >/etc/locale.conf
-
 # setting the user credentials
 useradd -m -U "${NEWUSER}"
 echo -e "${NEWUSER}\n${NEWUSER}" | passwd "${NEWUSER}"