On 11/04/14 02:15, Mike McClain wrote: > On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 09:14:39AM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 10/04/14 01:44, Mike McClain wrote: >>> The other day I noticed my computer clutteres up with many >>> directories in /var/cache/man/ for languages I don't speak so I >>> deleted them. >> >> That was a mistake. You're new to this "sysadmin" stuff right? ;) > > Yeah, I've only been maintaining my own *nix system for 16 years.
By "deleting" files generated by unknown processes? It's system administration, just not as I know it - but it's your system, so you don't have to worry about employers, insurers and industry best practices. But clearly you know all the answers. > >>> Today they're back but I can't tell how they got there. >> >> That's good, it means your "delete what I don't like or understand" >> didn't create a huge problem. > > I've never created such a problem that I had to re-install, anything > else is not a 'huge' problem. Agree, my comment wasn't sarcasm. >> From your response I suspect you don't know what triggers the >> re-creation of those unneeded directories. > >>> Nothing in /etc/cron/* says anything about recreating them. I assume >>> mandb did it but can't tell what initiated the recreation of all >>> these directories. Nor can I see any need, I don't imagine very many >>> people speak all of those 23 languages. What is the purpose of having >>> all of them installed? >> >> Um, didn't *you* install them? >> Wouldn't that make it a rhetorical question? >> :) > > I installed the whole system so in that manner you are correct but I > did not ask for all those other languages. Unless you specifically don't ask for them, that's what you get - it's a result of the one-size-fits-all metapackage system designed to mostly work in most situations. Specifically *not* asking for them takes a bit of work, e.g. installing debconf-english instead of debconf-i18n, starting with a very minimal system and installing (and configuring) localepurge before installing additional packages. > >> The answer of course is that most people use characters and words from a >> number of languages. Those extra man pages don't take up a lot of space. > > The fact that I like enchiladas doesn't mean I need spanish man pages. > >> You have several options:- >> ;don't install all languages to start with (be selective during installs >> - don't install i18n packages if you don't want internationalization) > > I didn't, the only packages installed that mention 'i18n' are: > debconf-i18n 1.5.49 > libtext-wrapi18n-perl 0.06-7 > and I certainly didn't ask that debconf be international. # apt-get install debconf-english localepurge will help, but it's easier to do before most packages are installed. > >> ;don't install man > > Get real. Great attitude. If you don't like the answers perhaps you should answer your own questions and save bandwidth. <snipped> Regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5347425b.2020...@gmail.com
