Generally, language pack-delivered translations are pre-empted by packaged translations at run-time.
That is, if you install a deb that has mo files, they install to /usr/share/locale/. mo files installed by lang packs go here: /usr/share/locale-lanpack/. (mo files are stripped from pkgs in main, so they don't land in the 'pkg' dir: /usr/share/locale/.) gettext (through a modification to glibc, I think) in Ubuntu looks in the pkg location first, then, if not found, falls back to the langpack location. This enables users to install customized or non-Ubuntu versions of packages that may have different strings and get the corresponding customized translations. While in the vast majority of cases, where no customized pkg is installed but just the from main is, the lang pack translations are used. (This is the mechanism OEM has relied upon for years.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/586814 Title: custom (pgk) translations preempted by lang pack -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
