On Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:09:28 -0400
Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Let me rephrase my question: If the user has not enabled any of the
> linguas flags via make.conf or package.use, will the LINGUAS variable
> be empty or unset in the ebuild environment?

Empty.

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Ciaran McCreesh