On Fri, 13 Feb 2015 04:17:42 -0500 "Walter Dnes" <waltd...@waltdnes.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 09:10:59AM +0200, Gevisz wrote > > On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 07:59:57 +0100 bitlord <bitlord0...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 21:09:44 +0200 > > > Gevisz <gev...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > What is the elegant way to switch off all but one linguas variables > > > > for a given package. > > > > > > > > I have tried all "obvious" solutions but they seem to do not work. > > > > > > > > For example, I have tried to put the following line > > > > into /etc/portage/package.use file: www-client/chromium -nls > > > > -linguas* linguas_en linguas_pl > > > > > > > > So far I am afraid to recompile everything with global -nls USE flag > > > > and LINGUAS="en" in /etc/portage/make.conf. So, trying to cut the > > > > cat's tail by parts. :) > > > > > > > > > > For package specific env, check > > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki//etc/portage/env > > > > Thank you for the link. > > > > It seems that I need something like described in its Example 1. > > > > Will try it later today. > > There is an app (the author calls it a "hack") to remove extraneous > localized messages after the fact... > > emerge localepurge > > ...and RTFM before using it. Some apps install messages/manpages/etc in > umpteen languages, ***WITHOUT BEING ASKED***. This app gets rid of > them. It cleaned out 20 megabytes on my system. It isn't that much on > a desktop PC, but if you're working with a SOC that uses flash ram, it > may be very nice. Ok, thank you for a nice tip.