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On 8/19/2010 9:53 AM, Elmar Hinz wrote:

> But is the following generalization correct?
> 
> * LINGUAS is the compile time setting (for multiple languages)
> * LANG is the runtime setting (for the current language).

Yes, as long as you're aware that LINGUAS support is recommended, but
optional.  A package that simply installs every .po file it has will
still operate in the correct locale based on your LANG setting, it will
just waste a lot of space.

--Mike