NAME

       pkgstriptranslations  -  extract  translation  files  and  remove  gettext  *.mo files from package build
       directories

SYNOPSIS

       pkgstriptranslations

DESCRIPTION

       pkgstriptranslations extracts all gettext related files from the source and package build directories and
       puts   them   into  <pkg-build-dir>/../package_version_arch_suffix.tar.gz.   suffix  is  configurable  in
       /etc/pkgbinarymangler/striptranslations.conf and defaults to translations.

       Tarball layout:

       source/
              contains all pot and po files from source package, preserving the directory structure.

       debname1/, debname2/, ...
              There will be one directory per generated binary deb package, each contains  all  .mo  files  from
              this deb, preserving directory structure.

       This  script  also  removes  all gettext *.mo files below <pkg-build-dir>/usr/share/locale from all built
       binary packages.  It will also remove subdirectories which became empty  after  removal  of  the  gettext
       files.  However,  if  a file /CurrentlyBuilding is present (as on the Ubuntu autobuilders), then the *.mo
       files are only deleted if the Component: value in this file matches one of the components  configured  in
       /etc/pkgbinarymangler/striptranslations.conf.   This  allows  to  selectively strip files only for source
       packages which are in e. g.  main and restricted, but not in e. g.  universe.

       By default, pkgstriptranslations is inactive. To enable it, the enable option in the  configuration  file
       must be set to true.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       NO_PKG_MANGLE
              If  this  variable is set to a nonempty value, then pkgstriptranslations is disabled. This is most
              useful if source packages build nested binary packages as part of their build.

AUTHOR

       pkgstriptranslations is developed by Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@canonical.com>.