On Thu, 28 May 2015 20:07:55 -0400 Mike Gilbert <flop...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 6:41 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann > <volkerar...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Am 28.05.2015 um 17:35 schrieb gevisz: > >> In my everyday work at the computer, I read > >> and type at three or even four different languages. > >> > >> However, I do want to have all program menues > >> and system messages only in English. > >> > >> So, when I found out that it can be achieved by > >> setting -nls USE flag at my make.conf file, I did > >> it, recompiled the system and for a few weeks > >> enjoyed the full control of my Gentoo system. > >> > >> (As far as I can remember the gettext package > >> was successfully depcleaned from my Gentoo > >> system just after that.) > >> > >> However, after those few weeks (and some system > >> updates), I have noticed that my system started > >> to translate some "system" messages into one of > >> the languages I use but which is not my native language. > >> > >> Moreover, running > >> $ equery depends gettext > >> I get about two fullscreens of packages that supposedly > >> depend on gettext. Nevertheless, in all of them the -nls > >> USE flag is either unset or absent. > >> > >> I have tried to depclean the gettext package from my > >> system once again but portage just ignored my > >> $ emerge --depclean gettext > >> command. > >> > >> I think that it is some kind of a bug in the portage tree: > >> when I set -nls USE flag globally, I do expect that the "system" > >> messages will appear in English only and will not be translated > >> in any other language, but the system understands that as > >> I would have asked for a "non-native" language support. > >> > >> Of course, this is not my main problem in this life, but every > >> time I get the "system" messages translated into my non-native > >> language, I feel as I get a reminder that I do not have a full > >> control of my Gentoo system. > >> > >> So, my questions are: > >> 1. Is it a bug? > >> 2. How can I get rid of those unwelcomed translations in the right way. > >> > >> > > > > 1. if a package hard depends on gettext, you can fiddle around with > > useflags as much as you want, it won't change. Not a bug. Just the way > > it is. > > Sometimes it is a bug and the ebuild doesn't need gettext > unconditionally. It takes some expertise to figure that out, however. I also think so. > > 2. environment variables. Set them. LANG, LANGUAGE and of course LC_ALL > > > > I would suggest setting LANG=foo_BAR.UTF-8 and > LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8. Where foo and BAR are your native language > and locale. I have # set LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8 but it have not changed anything. Or shall I change it in some config files and reboot the system?
