-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Paul Howarth wrote: > On Sun, 2006-06-18 at 15:49 -0700, Wart wrote: > >>Paul wrote: >> >>>Hi, >>> >>> >>> >>>>A package that I'm reviewing[1] keeps its language translation files in >>>>%{_datadir}/%{name} instead of %{_datadir}/locale. Are there any rules >>>>about using %find_lang when an application doesn't use >>>>%{_datadir}/locale for the translation files? >>> >>> >>>I thought languages had to be in the locale directory for them to be >>>picked up automatically. >> >>I interpret this to mean that an application is free to store language >>translation files in its own data directory, and in such a case the spec >>file must include the language files in %files, and use of %find_lang is >>not needed. > > > If the language files are listed in %files, be sure to use the %lang tag > to identify the language of each file; this would happen automatically > with %find_lang. I've never seen %lang() used before. I assume that this lets users select which language files they want installed for the application, no? If so, how does %lang() interface with the rpm command line? - --Mike -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFElr3GDeYlPfs40g8RAlxuAJ9r5CDqWpGk3O/heVYMHlCGt3r0cwCcCOdd qeKU3nOkA9D6ZGsp5RLQlVU= =jMyr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- fedora-extras-list mailing list fedora-extras-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-extras-list