[gentoo-user] Re: /usr/locale vs /usr/share/locale

[Alexey Mishustin]

2013/8/5 Alexey Mishustin <shumkar@×××××××.ru>:
> Hello list,
>
> I have noticed today this folder on my laptop: /usr/locale. It
> contains multiple subfolders-languages with LC_MESSAGES.
>
> I wonder why these LC_MESSAGES are situated there, and not at
> /usr/share/locale, as on my other machine with Gentoo installed.
>
> Equery says that /usr/locale belongs to gnome-icon-theme 3.6.2. But
> the same gnome-icon-theme 3.6.2 didn't create /usr/locale on my other
> machine, created /usr/share/locale instead. Reemerging
> gnome-icon-theme didn't help.
>
> Gentoo Localization HowTo says: "The locales and their data are part
> of the system library and can be found at /usr/share/locale on most
> systems". I can't figure out why the laptop hasn't been included in
> "most systems".
>
> Which options related to locales may I have configured otherwise? In
> my opinion, installations are near equal. Arch - i686, locale - utf-8,
> desktop - Openbox. The world file is almost the same; some
> laptop-specific packages added. The only difference that I remember: I
> installed many packages on the laptop in another order.

The folder /usr/share/locale exists on the laptop too, and there are
much more files.

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Regards,
Alex