2015-05-29 10:08 GMT+03:00 Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerar...@googlemail.com>: > just set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL.
This does not work. Just tried to be sure. > 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? >> >> >
