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To keep packages small, languages files (LC_MESSAGES) are places in a seperate -lang subpackages.
To keep packages small, languages files (LC_MESSAGES) are places in a seperate -lang subpackages.


<pre>
{{cat|APKBUILD|...
subpackages{{=}}"$pkgname-lang"
...
...
subpackages="$pkgname-lang"
}}
...
</pre>


[[abuild]] is throwing a warning if it detects translation.
[[Abuild and Helpers|abuild]] is throwing a warning if it detects translation.
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<pre>
>>> WARNING: package*: Found /usr/share/locale. Maybe add $pkgname-lang to subpackages?
>>> WARNING: package*: Found /usr/share/locale. Maybe add $pkgname-lang to subpackages?

Latest revision as of 18:51, 19 November 2023

To keep packages small, languages files (LC_MESSAGES) are places in a seperate -lang subpackages.

Contents of APKBUILD

... subpackages="$pkgname-lang" ...

abuild is throwing a warning if it detects translation.

>>> WARNING: package*: Found /usr/share/locale. Maybe add $pkgname-lang to subpackages?

Please note that some packages will automatically detect NLS if gettext-dev is installed at build time. If gettext-dev is not a direct or indirect dependency then should most likely no -lang be needed.