On Wednesday 05 December 2001 12:15 pm, Guy Geens wrote: > I use apt-localepurge on a couple of systems with small hard disks. > Those are server-type machines that don't need any user access > (besides maintenance from a sysadmin). > > Advantage: you win some disk space. > > Disadvantage: it's not easily reversible. If you later decide to add > another locale, you'll have to reinstall (almost) every package on > your system. > > My advice: don't bother with it unless you're really short on hard > disk space. A hard disk is relatively cheap these days, but for older > machines this can be an issue.
thanks for the info. one further question--why would i come to want to add another locale?
