--- ebuild.sh.org	2003-07-16 03:59:04.000000000 +0100
+++ ebuild.sh	2003-07-16 04:00:00.000000000 +0100
@@ -92,6 +92,57 @@
 	return 1
 }
 
+lang() {
+	local x
+	for x in ${USE_LANG}; do
+		if [ "${x}" == "${1}" ]; then
+			tty --quiet < /dev/stdout || echo "${x}"
+			return 0
+		fi
+	done
+	return 1
+}
+
+primary_lang() {
+	local x
+	for x in ${USE_LANG}; do
+		if [ "${x}" == "${1}" ]; then
+			tty --quiet < /dev/stdout || echo "${x}"
+			return 0
+		fi
+		return 1
+	done
+}
+
+remove_unnecessary_language_files() {
+  if [ -z "${USE_LANG}" ]; then
+		return
+	fi
+
+	LOCALEDIR=${D}/usr/share/locale
+
+	IFS=':'
+	for MANDIR in $MANPATH; do
+		if [ -d ${D}/${MANDIR} ]; then
+			for x in ${D}/${MANDIR}/*; do
+				manlang=`basename $x`
+				if [ "${manlang:0:3}" != "man" ]; then
+					lang $manlang || rm -rf $x
+				fi
+			done
+		fi
+	done
+	unset IFS
+ 
+	if [ -d ${LOCALEDIR} ]; then
+			for x in ${LOCALEDIR}/*; do
+					if [ "${x}" != "C" ]; then
+							lang `basename $x` || rm -rf $x
+					fi
+			done
+	fi
+}
+
 has() {
 	local x
 
@@ -752,6 +803,10 @@
 	export PWORKDIR="$WORKDIR"
 	src_install 
 	#|| abort_install "fail"
+
+	#remove unnesseary man/locale files
+	remove_unnecessary_language_files
+
 	prepall
 	cd ${D}