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From: "Arttu V." <arttuv69@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] LINGUAS
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:14:39
Message-Id: AANLkTinAXUHLXDbm=-NaNan31Y_TDyw+bePLWUNTSrc9@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] LINGUAS by Elmar Hinz
1 On 8/19/10, Elmar Hinz <oss.elmar@××××××××××.com> wrote:
2 >>> Even than, LINGUAS has rather to do with OpenOffice.
3 >>>
4 >>> Has it anything to do with portage at all?
5 >>
6 >> Several packages, not just OpenOffice, can include/support different
7 >> languages. Portage uses the value of LINGUAS to tell these packages
8 >> which languages to include/support.
9 >>
10 >
11 > When Portage evaluates this variable it makes some sense.
12 >
13 > On the other hand LINGUAS is still a general variable AFAIK and not
14 > portage specific.
15 >
16 > So shouldn't it be set in a general location like time and locales?
17
18 No, I think you're mixing up compile-time and run-time values -- and
19 also reading too much into the file names. "make.conf" should really
20 rather be called "portage.conf". That would make much more sense IMHO.
21 :)
22
23 --
24 Arttu V. -- Running Gentoo is like running with scissors

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Re: [gentoo-user] LINGUAS Elmar Hinz <oss.elmar@××××××××××.com>