Hi, The included patch removes all internationalized template strings from the d-i installer disks. It's quite rough and should of course not be applied unconditionally, but if you're really cramped for space, it could be very useful to gain those extra few kilobytes -- at least, it was the thing that pushed me under that one floppy :-)
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Index: Makefile =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/debian-boot/debian-installer/build/Makefile,v retrieving revision 1.198 diff -u -r1.198 Makefile --- Makefile 22 Aug 2003 15:10:46 -0000 1.198 +++ Makefile 15 Sep 2003 17:11:25 -0000 @@ -499,6 +499,13 @@ rm -f $(TMP_FILE) install -d $(TEMP) install -d $(DEST) + # + # Remove all internationalization from the templates. + # + for FILE in $$(find $(TREE) -name "*.templates"); do \ + perl -e 'my $$status = 0; while (<>) { if (/^[A-Z]/ || /^$$/) { if (/^Description-/) { $$status = 0; } else { $$status = 1; } } print if ($$status); }' < $$FILE > temp; \ + mv temp $$FILE; \ + done; \ if [ $(INITRD_FS) = ext2 ]; then \ genext2fs -d $(TREE) -b `expr $$(du -s $(TREE) | cut -f 1) + $$(expr $$(find $(TREE) | wc -l) \* 2)` $(TMP_FILE); \ elif [ $(INITRD_FS) = romfs ]; then \