alsa-utils-1.0.26-r2 installs these items on my system which has LINGUAS="en_GB en cs sk ja": /usr/share/man/fr /usr/share/man/fr/man8 /usr/share/man/fr/man8/alsaconf.8 Reproducible: Always
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 402303 ***
No need to have 2 bugs for 1 issue. I've forwarded the information you provided to bug 402303.