Hi, Holger Wansing <[email protected]> wrote (Sun, 3 May 2026 21:56:05 +0200): > Hi, > > Pascal Hambourg <[email protected]> wrote (Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:54:54 > +0200): > > My understanding is that l10n tasks should install util-linux-locales if > > and only if it provides files for their respective languages. However I > > observed some inconsistencies. > > > > * Some l10n tasks do not install util-linux-locales even though it > > provides files for their languages: > > arabic > > basque > > chinese-s > > chinese-t > > croatian > > dutch > > estonian > > finnish > > georgian > > german > > hungarian > > indonesian > > italian > > japanese > > korean > > portuguese > > russian > > serbian > > slovak > > slovenian > > ukrainian > > vietnamese > > > > * Conversely, some l10n tasks install util-linux-locales even though it > > does not provide any files for their languages: > > english > > norwegian > > > > * util-linux-locales provides files for some languages which do not have > > a l10n task: > > indonesian > > vietnamese > > > > Is all this intended or the result of not keeping up with util-linux > > updates and should be fixed ? > > Yes, I think tasksel did not follow development of util-linux here and so > this all should be fixed.
I found that util-linux-locales gets installed by tasksel even if all choices are unchecked. So util-linux-locales could be removed from all depends/recommends in tasksel completely? Holger -- Holger Wansing <[email protected]> PGP-Fingerprint: 496A C6E8 1442 4B34 8508 3529 59F1 87CA 156E B076
