Language packs vs. locales

[Colin Watson]

On Sun, Jan 23, 2005 at 04:28:17PM +0100, Martin Pitt wrote:
> 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. However, I would not anticipate that this code path will actually
be followed in a default install, because localechooser will itself make
sure that the locales in question have been generated. This is required
because not all the language packs will fit on a single CD.

Cheers,

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at ubuntu.com]