934772 – [Tracker] Packages installing to /usr/lib/locale incorrectly

Bug 934772 - [Tracker] Packages installing to /usr/lib/locale incorrectly

Summary: [Tracker] Packages installing to /usr/lib/locale incorrectly

Status:	CONFIRMED

Alias:	None

Product:	Quality Assurance
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Trackers (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal
Assignee:	Gentoo Quality Assurance Team

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Keywords:	Tracker

Depends on:	934775 27310
Blocks:
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Reported:	2024-06-23 13:37 UTC by Sam James
Modified:	2024-06-23 15:29 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Sam James archtester

2024-06-23 13:37:49 UTC

/usr/lib/locale is not for general translations - those should be installed at /usr/share/locale.

To make matters worse, Kerin notes that sys-apps/locale-gen currently destroys the non-glibc locales stored in /usr/lib/locale, which means:
a) obviously the functionality if it could ever work is broken upon locale-gen being run;
b) files installed by a package suddenly disappear which is impure.

Comment 1 Sam James archtester

2024-06-23 15:27:53 UTC

https://www.portagefilelist.de/index.php?fs=%2Fusr%2Flib%2Flocale%2F*&unique=1 lists some infringers.