Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Mike Edenfield <kutulu@××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] LINGUAS
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:48:36
Message-Id: 4C6D8A88.6090305@kutulu.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] LINGUAS by Elmar Hinz
1 On 8/19/2010 9:53 AM, Elmar Hinz wrote:
2
3 > But is the following generalization correct?
4 >
5 > * LINGUAS is the compile time setting (for multiple languages)
6 > * LANG is the runtime setting (for the current language).
7
8 Yes, as long as you're aware that LINGUAS support is recommended, but
9 optional. A package that simply installs every .po file it has will
10 still operate in the correct locale based on your LANG setting, it will
11 just waste a lot of space.
12
13 --Mike