just set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL. 2015-05-29 6:35 GMT+02:00 Gevisz <gev...@gmail.com>:
> 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? > > >
