On Sun, Dec 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> I remember installing the `localepurge` package for that when I was
>> trying to fit my "rescue" Debian image on a small USB flash "key".
> How did localepurge work for you? Any issues?
It did what it says on the tin.
> I'm still on the fence about using it - the bit in the man page(1) about
>
> Please definitely do abstain from reporting any bugs blaming
> localepurge if *you* break your system by using it. If you don't know
> what you are doing and can't handle any resulting breakage on your own
> then please simply don't use it.
>
> is doing a _real_ good job of scaring me off :-[
Since the package just deletes those extraneous files, it does have
occasional undesired side-effects, such as if you try to use the md5sums
files in /var/lib/dpkg/info to check for integrity (I used to run such
a script to detect corruption, which was sadly frequent on those USB
flash thingies).
Thanks for the info - I didn't know about debsums (if that was what you were using)
Regards,
Lee