Bug#156826: locales should generate a locales by default

[GOTO Masanori <gotom@debian.or.jp>]

At Thu, 15 Aug 2002 21:36:08 +0200,
Guillaume Morin wrote:
> 
> Package: locales
> Version: 2.2.5-13
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> I maintain a package which needs a generated locale to run its own
> internal testsuite. I'd like to build-depends on it. But, unless I am
> mistaken, the locales package does not generate any locales by default. 

Yes, because libc6 has one locale called "C" or "POSIX" itself.

> Therefore I'd like to know if it would be possible to generate by
> default at least one locale if you install the package. So if you build
> depends on the package, the buildd will have at least one installed
> locale (and this would be documented :)

Sorry, we can't do that.  The function of locales depends on "your
locale", so we can set the default value.

BTW, why don't you use "debconf interface"?

Regards,
-- gotom