Bug#505628: locales: please allow a minimal locales-base package
Package: locales
Version: 2.7-16
Severity: wishlist
User: pkg-fso-maint@lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: package-installation
Hello,
while evaluating localepurge on the Openmoko FreeRunner [1], I
discovered that localepurge depends on locales, which requires quite a
lot of space:
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debian-gta02:~# apt-get install localepurge
[...]
The following NEW packages will be installed:
localepurge locales
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 4529kB of archives.
After this operation, 12.2MB of additional disk space will be used.
[...]
[locale set to en_US.UTF-8]
[...]
debian-gta02:~#
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On embedded devices like the Openmoko FreeRunner, every single MB
counts. This is why it would be good to have a minimal locales-base
package localepurge can depend on.
FYI, I have not checked why localepurge needs locales.
Thx, bye,
Gismo / Luca
Footnotes:
[1] http://wiki.debian.org/DebianOnFreeRunner?action=diff&rev2=90&rev1=89
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: armel (armv4tl)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-20081103.git7172ec57 (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages locales depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.24 Debian configuration management sy
ii libc6 [glibc-2.7-1] 2.7-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
locales recommends no packages.
locales suggests no packages.
-- debconf information:
locales/locales_to_be_generated:
locales/default_environment_locale: None
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