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Re: [RFD] tasksel: localization task dependencies on util-linux-locales

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Hi,

Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> wrote (Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:54:54 +0200):
> My understanding is that l10n tasks should install util-linux-locales if 
> and only if it provides files for their respective languages. However I 
> observed some inconsistencies.
> 
> * Some l10n tasks do not install util-linux-locales even though it 
> provides files for their languages:
> arabic
> basque
> chinese-s
> chinese-t
> croatian
> dutch
> estonian
> finnish
> georgian
> german
> hungarian
> indonesian
> italian
> japanese
> korean
> portuguese
> russian
> serbian
> slovak
> slovenian
> ukrainian
> vietnamese
> 
> * Conversely, some l10n tasks install util-linux-locales even though it 
> does not provide any files for their languages:
> english
> norwegian
> 
> * util-linux-locales provides files for some languages which do not have 
> a l10n task:
> indonesian
> vietnamese
> 
> Is all this intended or the result of not keeping up with util-linux 
> updates and should be fixed ?

Yes, I think tasksel did not follow development of util-linux here and so
this all should be fixed.


Holger


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