Hi,

performing localized installations, most messages are localized, but
when the locales package gets configured, messages are displayed in
English. Here's an attached screenshot with fr_BE (green boxes = OK,
red box = NOK).

This is probably a less-than-minor issue, but in case somebody finds a
fix… let's report it.

Mraw,
KiBi.

Quoting Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org):

Does it happen only when the locales package is installed or also for
other packages?

Might be a transient error because at some point durign the locales
package install something related to i18n is temporarily not working.

IIRC, these "Intalled <foo>" messages come from dpkg (or apt).

tag -1 oh-la-la-probably-hard-to-fix

Christian PERRIER <bubulle@debian.org> (28/06/2012):

You're probably right.

AFAICT that only happens for the 'locales' package; and indeed, apt
sources seem to agree with your memory:
,---[ apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc ]---
|    // map the dpkg states to the operations that are performed
|    // (this is sorted in the same way as Item::Ops)
|    static const struct DpkgState DpkgStatesOpMap[][7] = {
| …
|       // Configure operation
|       {
|          {"unpacked",N_("Preparing to configure %s") },
|          {"half-configured", N_("Configuring %s") },
|          { "installed", N_("Installed %s")},
|          {NULL, NULL}
|       },
`---

(even if I didn't play the “patch apt and use a hacked archive” trick
to confirm that's indeed where the message is coming from.)

Not sure it's possible to fix, but quite certain it's not worth the
effort.

Mraw,
KiBi.