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.


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