On Thursday, 30 April 2020 16:43:06 BST Michael wrote: > On Thursday, 30 April 2020 16:15:54 BST Dale wrote: > > Dr Rainer Woitok wrote: > > > On Thursday, 2020-04-30 07:31:51 -0500, Dale wrote: > > >> ... > > >> [ebuild R ] app-doc/gimp-help-2.8.2:2::gentoo 0 KiB > > > > > > Thanks for pointing me to a package I hadn't yet installed, even though > > > I have installed "media-gfx/gimp" (but use it rarely). But installation > > > took surprisingly long because it included tons of messages in unneeded > > > laguages. I have L10N="en-GB" in my "make.conf" file, but this only > > > seems to request additional languages. > > > > > > Is there a way to exclude megabytes of message texts or manual pages in > > > languages I don't understand anyway from being installed, something like > > > "L10N="-* en-GB"? And is there a way to again remove unnecessary lang- > > > uages after they have been installed? > > > > > > Under Ubuntu I used to use a package named "localepurge" which did both. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > Rainer > > > > These settings are from AGES ago. I think they are still in use tho. > > > > > > root@fireball / # cat /etc/make.conf | grep lang > > LANG="en_US" > > root@fireball / # cat /etc/make.conf | grep L10N > > L10N="en en-US" > > root@fireball / # > > > > You would replace US with GB of course. Oh, I put a link from > > /etc/make.conf to the real one. I'm used to the old location. :/ > > > Unless this page is out of date L10N USE expansion variable can be set > either at make.conf, or on a per package basis: > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Localization/Guide#L10N > > Meanwhile, I think the equivalent to debian's localepurge corresponds to a > dual step process in Gentoo. First update your locale as per above page, > then run 'env-update && source /etc/profile', followed by 'localegen'. > Then if you have also setup additional localisations in L10N, you need to > run emerge with option --newuse, or --changeduse to take account per > package or global changes in the L10N USE settings.
I wondered whether gimp would just include all manner of junk regardless, so I checked what's installed here. It seems that setting locales in make.conf does indeed help - no excess languages here; just 2600 icons! -- Regards, Peter.
