Javier Fern�ndez-Sanguino Pe�a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 10:31:19PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote: > > Hello, > (...) > > My plans looks so: > > > > - boot floppies install locales [1] and other needed packages [2]. This > (...) > > dbootstrap (boot floppies installer) stores the language (choosen > > while base installation) in the temporary config and this can be read > > easily. > > > > First problem: it is a short form, ie. "ja", not the full locale > > specification. I think we need a scheme to map this name to the > > locales string which is (at least) useable for most people. > > Please, if you do this have dboostrap install a system-wide > configuration file with the language as the user inputs in installation. > Somethin like /etc/system.language.
Make that /etc/environment. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -S /etc/environment dpkg: /etc/environment not found. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/environment LANG=C [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ Quoting from /etc/pam.d/login # This module parses /etc/environment (the standard for setting # environ vars) and also allows you to use an extended config # file /etc/security/pam_env.conf. # (Replaces the `ENVIRON_FILE' setting from login.defs) auth required pam_env.so > Why? > Because > > a) there is not a generic mapping from languages to locales since a single > language might have more than one locale. sample: Spanish= es_AR > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Same here: ja_JP.SJIS, ja_JP.EUC-JP, ja_JP.UTF-8 (not counting aliases) > b) A system-wide config file can be used by other programs to setup > information that might be localised upon installation. Sample: Apache's > default web page (in /var/www), mailing lists' messages, ftp server > welcome message... All this could be localised if we provided something > for package maintainers to check and act upon when installing templates. It's been there all along for people to check. > This system-wide localisation should be separate from user's > localisation (through environment variables) although it can, as you say, > help when defining a fully localised installation (not just dbootstrap) Lusers can set their prefered LANG in .bashrc (or similar). -- Olaf Meeuwissen Epson Kowa Corporation, CID GnuPG key: 6BE37D90/AB6B 0D1F 99E7 1BF5 EB97 976A 16C7 F27D 6BE3 7D90 LPIC-2 -- I hack, therefore I am -- BOFH
