Bug#444222: Package's descriptions translated do Portuguese not showing in apptitude or synaptic

[Simon Paillard <simon.paillard@resel.enst-bretagne.fr>]

On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 11:06:08PM +0100, Américo Monteiro wrote:
> A Segunda 19 Outubro 2009 22:58:13 Simon Paillard você escreveu:
> > On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 07:32:01PM +0100, Américo Monteiro wrote:
> > > The package's descriptions translated in ddtss for pt are not showing on
> > > the package managers like synaptic and apptitude, and that's because apt
> > > is still looking for translation pt_PT instead of pt.
> > >
> > > this is a portion of my apt-get update output:
> > > Obter:5 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable Release.gpg [835B]
> > > Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main Translation-pt_PT
> > > [..]
> > > there is no Translation-pt_PT file in the repositories, just
> > > Translation-pt
> > 
> > http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/i18n/Translation-pt_BR.bz2
>
> no, that file is the Brazillian translations, i'm talking about Portuguese from 
> Portugal.

Oh I'm so sorry, when I see pt_something I understand pt_BR ...

Then it is http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=444222 and
the bug mentionned in the file BUGS from the apt source package:

| - there needs to be a list of locales (pt, sv, en) that need both
|  language and country code to get the right file (is in the code in
|  indexfile::LanguageCode(), just a bit ugly

The easiest is certainly to provide / link the Translations files on i18n side
instead of ftp-master one (hence Michael in CC).

-- 
Simon Paillard