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diff --git a/upstream/debian-bookworm/man8/locale-gen.8 b/upstream/debian-bookworm/man8/locale-gen.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5c212652 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/debian-bookworm/man8/locale-gen.8 @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: 0BSD +.\" +.Dd May 5, 2022 +.Dt LOCALE-GEN 8 +.Os +. +.Sh NAME +.Nm locale-gen +.Nd generate localisation files from templates +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl -keep-existing +. +.Sh DESCRIPTION +As compiled locales are large, only templates are distributed in the default +.Sy locales +package, and only the desired locales are compiled on the target system. +.Pp +After selecting the locales into +.Pa /etc/locale.gen +.Pq via Nm dpkg No package configuration, for example , +.Nm +is run to compile them via +.Xr localedef 1 . +. +.Sh OPTIONS +.Bl -tag -compact -width ".Fl -keep-existing" +.It Fl -keep-existing +Do not remove +.Pa /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive , +only compiling new locales. +.El +. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -compact -width ".Pa /etc/locale.gen" +.It Pa /etc/locale.gen +Whitespace-separated newline-delimited +.Ar locale charset +list of locales to build with +.Li # +start-of-line comments. +.El +. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr locale 1 , +.Xr localedef 1 , +.Xr locale.gen 5 +.Pp +.Pa /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED +.Pq Pa /usr/local/share/i18n/SUPPORTED +\(em list of all supported locales on the current system. +.Pp +The +.Sy locales-all +package, which contains all supported locales in compiled form. |