Why does the freebsd-doc-en port install far eastern languages?

Gary Aitken freebsd at dreamchaser.org
Fri Oct 21 17:09:17 UTC 2016


On 10/21/16 10:10, Warren Block wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Oct 2016, Gary Aitken wrote:
> 
>> If I build the misc/freebsd-doc-en port, it installs chinese,
>> japanese, and korean fonts.  Can anyone tell me why?
>> 
>> ===>>> The following actions will be taken if you choose to
>> proceed: Install misc/freebsd-doc-en
> 
>> Install chinese/arphicttf Install chinese/ttfm Install
>> japanese/font-ipa Install korean/nanumfonts-ttf
> 
> These are a default dependency for the textproc/docproj port.  Turn 
> off the TRANSLATOR option in that port to avoid them.

ah, thanks.
I thought that implied a general mechanism for translation,
and languages themselves would need to be added in separately.

It would be really helpful if the config dialog had a way to get help
on each of the individual options possible.

Gary



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