6758 2002-08-20 02:45 0000 aspell should install a dictionary 2005-07-17 13:06:51 0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Gentoo Linux Ebuilds 1.2 x86 Linux RESOLVED DUPLICATE P2 normal --- 1 sindian@gentoo.org seemant@gentoo.org sindian@gentoo.org sindian@gentoo.org 2002-08-20 02:45:54 0000 I think the aspell ebuild should tell the user that she must install a dictionary before she can use aspell. I've seen other ebuilds that emit similar warnings. I think it would be a good idea in this case. Alternatively, we could detect the user's locale and install a default dictionary for her. I suppose we could model this process after the way aspell finds a dictionary to use when it is run. It first checks the LC_MESSAGES environment variable and then the LANG environment variable if LC_MESSAGES is not set. If neither of these vars are set, it defaults to en_US. Just a thought. seemant@gentoo.org 2002-08-22 21:34:19 0000 great idea. we're toying with the idea of a PDEPEND (post-depend) or some such, so I may leave it at that. We really need a LANG thingy in /etc/make.conf sindian@gentoo.org 2002-08-22 23:49:56 0000 Those are both good ideas. If I can help in implementing them, let me know. Arun (aka sindian) seemant@gentoo.org 2002-08-23 04:52:21 0000 for now, a note is added in pkg_postinst() I will, however, leave this bug report until the PDEPEND thing is implemented (after Gentoo 1.4 comes out) and LANGS is implemented in make.conf seemant@gentoo.org 2002-12-15 14:52:18 0000 ok, we're closer to getting this achieved. portage can now handle post depends (PDEPEND). Now, when ACCEPTED_LANGS is something portage is aware about, then we can get the rest of this implemented. seemant@gentoo.org 2003-01-16 07:41:21 0000 ok PDEPEND is now a legitimate portage characteristic -- we just need to sort out the lang issue and this can become reality *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 9988 ***