--- ../localepurge-orig/debian/localepurge.8 2013-09-20 12:52:48.000000000 +0200 +++ localepurge.8 2013-09-21 12:48:33.864666265 +0200 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH LOCALEPURGE 8 +.TH LOCALEPURGE 8 "2013-09-21" "GNU/Linux" "" .SH NAME localepurge \- reclaim disk space removing unneeded localizations .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -7,15 +7,8 @@ .SH "DESCRIPTION" .BR localepurge is a small script to recover disk space wasted for unneeded locale -files and localized man pages. It will be automagically invoked by -.BR dpkg -upon completion of any -.BR apt -installation run. You have to define the locale -directory names you want to keep from removal after each -.BR apt -installation run -in the +files and localized man pages. You have to define the locale +directory names you want to keep from removal in the .BR /etc/locale.nopurge configuration file. Unless .BR localepurge @@ -35,10 +28,17 @@ .BR \-\ /usr/share/omf .br The localization files you actually need and which you want to be preserved on your system can be -easily configured by running the following command: +easily configured by editing the following file: .br -.BR dpkg-reconfigure\ localepurge +.BR /etc/locale.nopurge .br +New locales discovered on your system will be listed in +.I /var/cache/localepurge/localelist\-new +and should be added to +.I /var/cache/localepurge/localelist +by the +.BR /usr/bin/localepurge-config +script. .SH OPTIONS The configurable options consist of toggling verbose output, reporting a summary of freed space, and deletion of localized manual pages in @@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ .BR not .BR integrated .BR with -.BR Debian's +.BR "Arch Linux's" .BR package .BR management -.BR system +.BR system and therefore is not meant for the faint of heart. Responsibility for its usage and possible breakage of your system therefore lies in the sysadmin's (your) hands. @@ -85,60 +85,12 @@ All locale directories containing a subdirectory named LC_MESSAGES which are either commented out or not even listed at all in .BR /etc/locale.nopurge -will be irreversibly deleted. The only way to -reinstall any lost locales is a complete reinstallation of all the -Debian packages containing them. See -.BR /usr/share/doc/localepurge/reinstall_debs.sh -for a recipe. -Alternatively you can reconfigure -it with -.BR dpkg-reconfigure(8) -to prevent locale files from being purged during subsequent runs of apt. -.br -.SH SOLVING PROBLEMS caused by localepurge -This program does interfere with the Debian package management and does -provoke strange, but usually harmless, behaviour of programs related -with -.BR apt/dpkg -like -.BR dpkg-repack(1), -.BR debsums(1), -.BR reportbug(1), -etc. -If you need to have any package in its full integrity so that e.g. the -formerly mentioned programs work as designed by its author and as -expected by you, simply deinstall -.BR localepurge -temporarily without purging its configuration and reinstall the packages -you need in their fully integral state. When you are done with what you -needed the integral packages for simply reinstall -.BR localepurge -again. - +will be irreversibly deleted. The only way to reinstall any lost +locales is a complete reinstallation of all the Arch Linux packages +containing them. For more information, see "Reinstalling all installed packages" +at http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman_Tips. .SH FILES .BR /etc/locale.nopurge -.SH SEE ALSO -Administrators of systems with short disk space should have a look -at both the -.BR deborphan -and -.BR debfoster -packages. Especially -.BR debfoster -can work wonders for your scarce disk space! - -.br -.BR deborphan(1) -.br -.BR debfoster(8) -.br -.BR dpkg-reconfigure(8) -.br -.BR debconf(8) -.br -.BR /usr/share/doc/localepurge/README.debian -.br -.BR /usr/share/doc/localepurge/reinstall_debs.sh .SH AUTHOR .BR localepurge and its accompanying manual page was written for the @@ -150,3 +102,17 @@ Debian's great package management system will make .BR localepurge fully obsolete. +.SH NOTE +This manual page and the Debian localepurge script have been modified +for Arch Linux system by Francesco Groccia . +Some Debian\-specific information has been removed. +.br +In particular, the following files have been revised from the +localepurge source code (Debian "sid" distribution): +.HP + +.I ../debian/localepurge.8 + +.I ../debian/localepurge.config + +.I ../usr/sbin/localepurge