Language packs vs. locales

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Sun, Jan 23, 2005 at 04:28:17PM +0100, Martin Pitt wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> Matt Zimmerman [2005-01-21 19:18 -0800]:
> > Would it be possible to have the language packs also ensure that the
> > appropriate locale is generated when they are installed?
> 
> What does that involve? Only adding the locales to /etc/locale.gen (if
> not already present) and calling locale-gen?

Yes, that should be all (skip the entire process if the locale is already
present in locale.gen).

> However, I don't think that the language packs should modify the
> default (in /etc/environment). 

Agreed.

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 - mdz