On Thu, Dec 05, 2024 at 08:55:35PM +0100, Roland Clobus wrote:
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> How about adding the translations to the main package e2fsprogs, and let the
> package 'localepurge' remove them? For people who care about installed size,
> that package helps to remove undesired translation files. (Although all
> translations will then be downloaded while installing e2fsprogs)
I'd like to hear from people who manage container
images. They were the ones whose complaints led to the separation of
how e2fsprogs-l10n from e2fsprogs in the first place. I'm not a
docker expert, but I believe how the image layering works means that
even using localepurge would result in locale files being downloaded.
I'm not sure the resulting disk space gets charged out of the
container, though.
I will note that the package description of localepurge does very much
have a "beware of the leopard" vibe....
This tool is a hack which is *not* integrated with the system's
package management system and therefore is not for the faint of heart.
Its interference can provoke strange, but usually harmless, behavior in
programs related to apt/dpkg, such as dpkg-repack, reportbug, etc.
Responsibility for its usage and possible breakage of the system
therefore lies in the system administrator's hands.
- Ted
