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202.3.1 by Monty Taylor
Added very initial gettextize stuff.
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1 Notes on the Free Translation Project
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Free software is going international!  The Free Translation Project is
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a way to get maintainers of free software, translators, and users all
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together, so that free software will gradually become able to speak many
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languages.  A few packages already provide translations for their
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messages.
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   If you found this `ABOUT-NLS' file inside a distribution, you may
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assume that the distributed package does use GNU `gettext' internally,
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itself available at your nearest GNU archive site.  But you do _not_
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need to install GNU `gettext' prior to configuring, installing or using
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this package with messages translated.
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   Installers will find here some useful hints.  These notes also
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explain how users should proceed for getting the programs to use the
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available translations.  They tell how people wanting to contribute and
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work on translations can contact the appropriate team.
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   When reporting bugs in the `intl/' directory or bugs which may be
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related to internationalization, you should tell about the version of
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`gettext' which is used.  The information can be found in the
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`intl/VERSION' file, in internationalized packages.
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1.1 Quick configuration advice
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If you want to exploit the full power of internationalization, you
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should configure it using
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     ./configure --with-included-gettext
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to force usage of internationalizing routines provided within this
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package, despite the existence of internationalizing capabilities in the
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operating system where this package is being installed.  So far, only
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the `gettext' implementation in the GNU C library version 2 provides as
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many features (such as locale alias, message inheritance, automatic
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charset conversion or plural form handling) as the implementation here.
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It is also not possible to offer this additional functionality on top
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of a `catgets' implementation.  Future versions of GNU `gettext' will
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very likely convey even more functionality.  So it might be a good idea
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to change to GNU `gettext' as soon as possible.
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   So you need _not_ provide this option if you are using GNU libc 2 or
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you have installed a recent copy of the GNU gettext package with the
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included `libintl'.
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1.2 INSTALL Matters
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Some packages are "localizable" when properly installed; the programs
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they contain can be made to speak your own native language.  Most such
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packages use GNU `gettext'.  Other packages have their own ways to
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internationalization, predating GNU `gettext'.
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   By default, this package will be installed to allow translation of
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messages.  It will automatically detect whether the system already
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provides the GNU `gettext' functions.  If not, the included GNU
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`gettext' library will be used.  This library is wholly contained
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within this package, usually in the `intl/' subdirectory, so prior
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installation of the GNU `gettext' package is _not_ required.
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Installers may use special options at configuration time for changing
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the default behaviour.  The commands:
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     ./configure --with-included-gettext
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     ./configure --disable-nls
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will, respectively, bypass any pre-existing `gettext' to use the
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internationalizing routines provided within this package, or else,
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_totally_ disable translation of messages.
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   When you already have GNU `gettext' installed on your system and run
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configure without an option for your new package, `configure' will
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probably detect the previously built and installed `libintl.a' file and
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will decide to use this.  This might not be desirable.  You should use
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the more recent version of the GNU `gettext' library.  I.e. if the file
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`intl/VERSION' shows that the library which comes with this package is
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more recent, you should use
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     ./configure --with-included-gettext
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to prevent auto-detection.
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   The configuration process will not test for the `catgets' function
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and therefore it will not be used.  The reason is that even an
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emulation of `gettext' on top of `catgets' could not provide all the
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extensions of the GNU `gettext' library.
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   Internationalized packages usually have many `po/LL.po' files, where
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LL gives an ISO 639 two-letter code identifying the language.  Unless
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translations have been forbidden at `configure' time by using the
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`--disable-nls' switch, all available translations are installed
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together with the package.  However, the environment variable `LINGUAS'
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may be set, prior to configuration, to limit the installed set.
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`LINGUAS' should then contain a space separated list of two-letter
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codes, stating which languages are allowed.
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1.3 Using This Package
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As a user, if your language has been installed for this package, you
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only have to set the `LANG' environment variable to the appropriate
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`LL_CC' combination.  If you happen to have the `LC_ALL' or some other
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`LC_xxx' environment variables set, you should unset them before
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setting `LANG', otherwise the setting of `LANG' will not have the
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desired effect.  Here `LL' is an ISO 639 two-letter language code, and
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`CC' is an ISO 3166 two-letter country code.  For example, let's
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suppose that you speak German and live in Germany.  At the shell
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prompt, merely execute `setenv LANG de_DE' (in `csh'),
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`export LANG; LANG=de_DE' (in `sh') or `export LANG=de_DE' (in `bash').
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This can be done from your `.login' or `.profile' file, once and for
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all.
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   You might think that the country code specification is redundant.
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But in fact, some languages have dialects in different countries.  For
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example, `de_AT' is used for Austria, and `pt_BR' for Brazil.  The
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country code serves to distinguish the dialects.
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   The locale naming convention of `LL_CC', with `LL' denoting the
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language and `CC' denoting the country, is the one use on systems based
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on GNU libc.  On other systems, some variations of this scheme are
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used, such as `LL' or `LL_CC.ENCODING'.  You can get the list of
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locales supported by your system for your language by running the
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command `locale -a | grep '^LL''.
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   Not all programs have translations for all languages.  By default, an
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English message is shown in place of a nonexistent translation.  If you
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understand other languages, you can set up a priority list of languages.
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This is done through a different environment variable, called
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`LANGUAGE'.  GNU `gettext' gives preference to `LANGUAGE' over `LANG'
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for the purpose of message handling, but you still need to have `LANG'
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set to the primary language; this is required by other parts of the
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system libraries.  For example, some Swedish users who would rather
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read translations in German than English for when Swedish is not
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available, set `LANGUAGE' to `sv:de' while leaving `LANG' to `sv_SE'.
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   Special advice for Norwegian users: The language code for Norwegian
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bokma*l changed from `no' to `nb' recently (in 2003).  During the
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transition period, while some message catalogs for this language are
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installed under `nb' and some older ones under `no', it's recommended
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for Norwegian users to set `LANGUAGE' to `nb:no' so that both newer and
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older translations are used.
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environment variable, `LL_CC' combinations can be abbreviated as `LL'
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to denote the language's main dialect.  For example, `de' is equivalent
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to `de_DE' (German as spoken in Germany), and `pt' to `pt_PT'
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(Portuguese as spoken in Portugal) in this context.
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1.4 Translating Teams
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For the Free Translation Project to be a success, we need interested
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people who like their own language and write it well, and who are also
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able to synergize with other translators speaking the same language.
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Each translation team has its own mailing list.  The up-to-date list of
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teams can be found at the Free Translation Project's homepage,
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`http://translationproject.org/', in the "Teams" area.
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   If you'd like to volunteer to _work_ at translating messages, you
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should become a member of the translating team for your own language.
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The subscribing address is _not_ the same as the list itself, it has
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`-request' appended.  For example, speakers of Swedish can send a
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message to `sv-request@li.org', having this message body:
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     subscribe
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   Keep in mind that team members are expected to participate
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_actively_ in translations, or at solving translational difficulties,
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rather than merely lurking around.  If your team does not exist yet and
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you want to start one, or if you are unsure about what to do or how to
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get started, please write to `coordinator@translationproject.org' to
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reach the coordinator for all translator teams.
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   The English team is special.  It works at improving and uniformizing
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the terminology in use.  Proven linguistic skills are praised more than
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programming skills, here.
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1.5 Available Packages
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Languages are not equally supported in all packages.  The following
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matrix shows the current state of internationalization, as of November
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2007.  The matrix shows, in regard of each package, for which languages
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PO files have been submitted to translation coordination, with a
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translation percentage of at least 50%.
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     Ready PO files       af am ar az be bg bs ca cs cy da de el en en_GB eo
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     Compendium         |                      []       [] []        []      |
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     a2ps               |             []                [] [] []     []      |
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     aegis              |                                  ()                |
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     ant-phone          |                                  ()                |
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     anubis             |                                  []                |
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     ap-utils           |                                                    |
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     aspell             |                      [] []    [] []        []      |
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     bash               |                                                 [] |
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     bfd                |                                                    |
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     bibshelf           |                                  []                |
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     binutils           |                                                    |
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     bison              |                               [] []                |
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     bison-runtime      |                                  []                |
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     bluez-pin          | []                      []       [] []          [] |
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     cflow              |                               []                   |
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     clisp              |                               [] []    []          |
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     console-tools      |                         []       []                |
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     coreutils          |                []    [] []       []                |
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     cpio               |                                                    |
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     cpplib             |                      []       [] []                |
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     cryptonit          |                                  []                |
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     dialog             |                                                    |
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     diffutils          |                      [] []    [] [] []          [] |
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     doodle             |                                  []                |
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     e2fsprogs          |                         []       []                |
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     enscript           |                      []       [] []        []      |
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     fetchmail          |                      []       [] () []     []      |
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     findutils          |                []                                  |
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     findutils_stable   |                []    []       []                   |
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     flex               |                      []       [] []                |
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     fslint             |                                                    |
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     gas                |                                                    |
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     gawk               |                      []       [] []                |
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     gcal               |                      []                            |
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     gcc                |                                  []                |
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     gettext-examples   | []                   []          [] []          [] |
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     gettext-runtime    |             []       []       [] []             [] |
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     gettext-tools      |                      []          []                |
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     gip                |                []                                  |
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     gliv               |                []                []                |
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     glunarclock        |                []                                  |
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     gmult              | []                               []                |
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     gnubiff            |                                  ()                |
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     gnucash            |                      [] []       () ()     []      |
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     gnuedu             |                                                    |
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     gnulib             |                []                                  |
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     gnunet             |                                                    |
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     gnunet-gtk         |                                                    |
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     gnutls             |                                  []                |
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     gpe-aerial         |                         []       []                |
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     gpe-beam           |                         []       []                |
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     gpe-calendar       |                                                    |
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     gpe-clock          |                         []       []                |
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     gpe-conf           |                         []       []                |
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     gpe-contacts       |                                                    |
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     gpe-edit           |                         []                         |
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     gpe-filemanager    |                                                    |
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     gpe-go             |                         []                         |
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     gpe-login          |                         []       []                |
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     gpe-ownerinfo      |                         []       []                |
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     gpe-package        |                                                    |
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     gpe-sketchbook     |                         []       []                |
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     gpe-su             |                         []       []                |
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     gpe-taskmanager    |                         []       []                |
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     gpe-timesheet      |                         []                         |
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     gpe-today          |                         []       []                |
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     gpe-todo           |                                                    |
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     gphoto2            |                         []    [] []        []      |
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     gprof              |                               [] []                |
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     gpsdrive           |                                                    |
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     gramadoir          | []                               []                |
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     grep               |                         []                      [] |
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     gretl              |                                  ()                |
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     gsasl              |                                                    |
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     gss                |                                                    |
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     gst-plugins-bad    |                []             []                   |
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     gst-plugins-base   |                []             []                   |
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     gst-plugins-good   |                []    []       []                   |
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     gst-plugins-ugly   |                []             []                   |
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     gstreamer          | []             []    [] []    [] []        []      |
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     gtick              |                                  ()                |
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     gtkam              |             []          []    [] []                |
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     gtkorphan          |                []                []                |
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     gtkspell           |             []                   [] []          [] |
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     gutenprint         |                               []                   |
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     hello              |                []    []       [] []             [] |
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     herrie             |                                  []                |
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     hylafax            |                                                    |
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     idutils            |                               [] []                |
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     indent             |                      [] []       []             [] |
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     iso_15924          |                                                    |
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     iso_3166_2         |                                                    |
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     iso_4217           |                         []    [] []                |
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     iso_639            |                         []    [] []             [] |
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     jpilot             |                         []                         |
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     jtag               |                                                    |
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     jwhois             |                                                    |
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     kbd                |                         []    [] [] []             |
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     keytouch           |                      []          []                |
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     keytouch-editor    |                                  []                |
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     keytouch-keyboa... |                      []                            |
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     latrine            |                                  ()                |
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     ld                 |                               []                   |
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     leafpad            |                []    [] []       [] []             |
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     libc               |                      [] []    [] []                |
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     libexif            |                                  []                |
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     libextractor       |                                  []                |
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     libgpewidget       |                         []    [] []                |
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     libgpg-error       |                                  []                |
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     libgphoto2_port    |                               [] []                |
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     libgsasl           |                                                    |
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     libiconv           |                                  []             [] |
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     libidn             |                         []    []                [] |
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     lifelines          |                               [] ()                |
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     lilypond           |                                  []                |
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     lingoteach         |                                                    |
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     lprng              |                                                    |
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     lynx               |                      [] []    [] []                |
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     m4                 |                         []    [] [] []             |
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     mailfromd          |                                                    |
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     mailutils          |                      []                            |
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     make               |                               [] []                |
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     man-db             |                      []       [] []                |
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     opcodes            |                                  []                |
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     pilot-qof          |                                                    |
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     psmisc             |                []                                  |
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     pwdutils           |                                                    |
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     sed                |                      []          []             [] |
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     sharutils          |                []    [] []    [] [] []             |
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     shishi             |                                                    |
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     skencil            |                               [] ()                |
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     tar                |                []                []                |
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     tin                |                                  ()        ()      |
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     unicode-transla... |                                                    |
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     wget               |                      [] []       []                |
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     Compendium         | []          [] []  []                []          |
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     a2ps               |    []       [] []                             () |
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     aegis              |                                                  |
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     ant-phone          |                []                                |
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     anubis             |                []                                |
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     ap-utils           |             [] []                                |
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     bash               | []                                               |
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     bibshelf           | []                 []                         [] |
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     binutils           | []          [] []                                |
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     bison              | [] []          []  []                   []    [] |
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     bison-runtime      |    []          []  []                   []    [] |
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     bluez-pin          |             [] []  []                [] []       |
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     cflow              |                    []                            |
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     clisp              | []             []                                |
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     coreutils          | [] []       [] []  []                []          |
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     cpio               | []             []  []                            |
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     cpplib             | []             []                                |
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     cryptonit          |                []                                |
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     dialog             |       []           []                         [] |
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     diffutils          | []          [] []  [] []    []       [] []    [] |
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     doodle             |                    []                         [] |
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     e2fsprogs          | []             []                             [] |
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     enscript           |                []  []             []             |
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     fetchmail          | []                                               |
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     findutils          |    []              []                []          |
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     findutils_stable   |    []          []  []                []          |
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     flex               | []             []  []                            |
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     fslint             |                                                  |
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     gas                | []             []                                |
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     gawk               | []             []  []       []                () |
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     gcal               | []             []                                |
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     gcc                | []                                               |
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     gip                | []    []       []  []                            |
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     gliv               |                ()                                |
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     gnubiff            |                ()                             () |
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     gnucash            | ()             ()                    ()          |
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     gnuedu             | []                                               |
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     gnulib             | [] []              []                            |
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     gnunet             |                                                  |
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     gnunet-gtk         |                                                  |
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     gnutls             |                                                  |
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     gpe-aerial         | []             []                                |
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     gpe-beam           | []             []                                |
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     gpe-calendar       |                                                  |
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     gpe-clock          | []          [] []                    []          |
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     gpe-conf           |                []                                |
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     gpe-contacts       | []             []                                |
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     gpe-edit           | []             []                    [] []       |
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     gpe-filemanager    | []                                               |
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     gpe-go             | []             []                    []          |
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     gpe-login          | []             []                    []          |
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     gpe-ownerinfo      | []          [] []                    [] []       |
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     gpe-package        | []                                               |
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     gpe-sketchbook     | []             []                                |
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     gpe-su             | []          [] []                    []          |
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     gpe-taskmanager    | []          [] []                                |
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     gpe-timesheet      | []             []  []                   []       |
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     gpe-today          | []          [] []  []                            |
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     gpe-todo           | []                                               |
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     gphoto2            | []          [] []                    []       [] |
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     gprof              | []          [] []  []                   []       |
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     gpsdrive           |    []                                            |
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     gramadoir          |                []  []                            |
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     grep               | []          []     []                            |
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     gretl              | []    []       []                             () |
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     gsasl              |                    []                   []       |
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     gss                |                []  []                            |
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     gst-plugins-bad    | []          []                       []       [] |
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     gst-plugins-base   | []          []                       []       [] |
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     gst-plugins-good   | []    []    []                       []       [] |
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     gst-plugins-ugly   | []          []                       []       [] |
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     gstreamer          |             []                       []       [] |
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     gtick              |             []     []                         [] |
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     gtkam              | []             []                    []       [] |
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     gtkorphan          |                []                             [] |
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     gtkspell           | []    []    [] []  []                []       [] |
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     gutenprint         |                                      []          |
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     hello              | [] [] [] [] [] []  [] []    []    [] [] []    [] |
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     herrie             |                    []                            |
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     hylafax            |                                                  |
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     idutils            |                []  []                [] []    [] |
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     indent             | [] [] []    [] []  [] []             [] []    [] |
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     iso_15924          |                []                                |
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     iso_3166           | [] [] []    [] []     [] [] [] [] [] [] []    [] |
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     iso_3166_2         |                []                                |
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     iso_4217           | [] []       [] []                    []       [] |
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     iso_639            | []       [] [] []  []                []          |
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     jpilot             | []             []                                |
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     jtag               |                []                                |
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     jwhois             | []             []                    [] []    [] |
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     kbd                | []             []                                |
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     keytouch           |                []  []                         [] |
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     keytouch-editor    |                    []                            |
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     keytouch-keyboa... |                    []                         [] |
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     latrine            |                    []                         [] |
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     ld                 | []          [] []  []                            |
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     leafpad            | []             []  []       []       []       [] |
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     libc               | []          [] []     []             []          |
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     libexif            | []                                               |
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     libextractor       |                    []                            |
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     libgpewidget       | []             []  []                [] []       |
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     libgpg-error       |                []                                |
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     libgphoto2         | []             []                             [] |
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     libgphoto2_port    |                []                             [] |
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     libgsasl           |                []  []                            |
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     libiconv           |    []       []     []                            |
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     libidn             |                []                             [] |
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     lifelines          |                ()                                |
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     lilypond           | []          [] []                                |
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     lingoteach         |                []                       []    [] |
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     lprng              |                                                  |
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     lynx               |    []                                []       [] |
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     m4                 |                []  [] []                []       |
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     mailfromd          |                                                  |
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     mailutils          | []             []                                |
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     make               | []          [] []  [] []    []    []    []       |
484
     man-db             |                                               [] |
485
     minicom            | []          [] []                    []          |
486
     nano               | []    []       []  [] []             []       [] |
487
     opcodes            | []          [] []  []                            |
488
     parted             |                []                       []    [] |
489
     pilot-qof          |                                                  |
490
     popt               |                []  [] []                   []    |
491
     psmisc             |                                      []       [] |
492
     pwdutils           |                                                  |
493
     qof                |                                         []       |
494
     radius             | []             []                                |
495
     recode             | []             []  [] []    []       [] []    [] |
496
     rpm                |                []                       []       |
497
     screem             |                                                  |
498
     scrollkeeper       | []          []                       []          |
499
     sed                | [] []          []  []                []          |
500
     shared-mime-info   | []    []    [] []                    []       [] |
501
     sharutils          | [] []       [] []  [] []             []       [] |
502
     shishi             |                []                                |
503
     skencil            | []             []                                |
504
     solfege            |                                               [] |
505
     soundtracker       | []             []                             [] |
506
     sp                 |                []                                |
507
     system-tools-ba... | []    []    [] []  []             [] [] []    [] |
508
     tar                |    [] []    []     []                []          |
509
     texinfo            |                []           []       []          |
510
     tin                |    []          ()                                |
511
     tuxpaint           |                    []                []          |
512
     unicode-han-tra... |                                                  |
513
     unicode-transla... |                []  []                            |
514
     util-linux         | [] []       [] []                    [] []    [] |
515
     util-linux-ng      | [] []       [] []                    [] []    [] |
516
     vorbis-tools       |                                                  |
517
     wastesedge         |                ()                                |
518
     wdiff              | [] []          []  [] []             [] []    [] |
519
     wget               |    []       [] []  []             [] [] []    [] |
520
     xchat              | []          [] []        []    []    []       [] |
521
     xkeyboard-config   | []          [] []                    []          |
522
     xpad               | []                 []                []          |
523
                        +--------------------------------------------------+
524
                          es et eu fa fi fr  ga gl gu he hi hr hu id is it
525
                          85 22 14  2 48 101 61 12  2  8  2  6 53 29  1 52
526
527
                          ja ka ko ku ky lg lt lv mk mn ms mt nb ne nl  nn
528
                        +--------------------------------------------------+
529
     Compendium         |                                           []     |
530
     a2ps               |       ()                      []          []     |
531
     aegis              |                                           ()     |
532
     ant-phone          |                                           []     |
533
     anubis             |                               []    []    []     |
534
     ap-utils           |                               []                 |
535
     aspell             |                            []             []     |
536
     bash               |                                           []     |
537
     bfd                |                                                  |
538
     bibshelf           |                               []                 |
539
     binutils           |                                                  |
540
     bison              |                               []    []    []     |
541
     bison-runtime      |                               []    []    []     |
542
     bluez-pin          |          []                   []          []     |
543
     cflow              |                                                  |
544
     clisp              |                                           []     |
545
     console-tools      |                                                  |
546
     coreutils          |                                           []     |
547
     cpio               |                                           []     |
548
     cpplib             |                                           []     |
549
     cryptonit          |                                           []     |
550
     dialog             |                               []          []     |
551
     diffutils          | []                            []          []     |
552
     doodle             |                                                  |
553
     e2fsprogs          |                                           []     |
554
     enscript           |                                           []     |
555
     fetchmail          | []                                        []     |
556
     findutils          |                                           []     |
557
     findutils_stable   |                                           []     |
558
     flex               |       []                                  []     |
559
     fslint             |                                                  |
560
     gas                |                                                  |
561
     gawk               | []                                        []     |
562
     gcal               |                                                  |
563
     gcc                |                                                  |
564
     gettext-examples   | []                            []          []     |
565
     gettext-runtime    | []    []                                  []     |
566
     gettext-tools      | []    []                                         |
567
     gip                |                               []          []     |
568
     gliv               |                                           []     |
569
     glunarclock        |                               []          []     |
570
     gmult              | []                            []          []     |
571
     gnubiff            |                                                  |
572
     gnucash            | ()                                  () ()        |
573
     gnuedu             |                                                  |
574
     gnulib             | []                                        []     |
575
     gnunet             |                                                  |
576
     gnunet-gtk         |                                                  |
577
     gnutls             |                               []                 |
578
     gpe-aerial         |                                           []     |
579
     gpe-beam           |                                           []     |
580
     gpe-calendar       | []                                               |
581
     gpe-clock          | []    []                                  []     |
582
     gpe-conf           | []    []                                  []     |
583
     gpe-contacts       |       []                                         |
584
     gpe-edit           | []    []                                  []     |
585
     gpe-filemanager    | []    []                                         |
586
     gpe-go             | []    []                                  []     |
587
     gpe-login          | []    []                                  []     |
588
     gpe-ownerinfo      | []                                        []     |
589
     gpe-package        | []    []                                         |
590
     gpe-sketchbook     |       []                                  []     |
591
     gpe-su             | []    []                                  []     |
592
     gpe-taskmanager    | []    [] []                               []     |
593
     gpe-timesheet      |                                           []     |
594
     gpe-today          | []                                        []     |
595
     gpe-todo           | []                                               |
596
     gphoto2            | []                                        []     |
597
     gprof              |                               []                 |
598
     gpsdrive           |                                           []     |
599
     gramadoir          |                                           ()     |
600
     grep               |             []                            []     |
601
     gretl              |                                                  |
602
     gsasl              |                                           []     |
603
     gss                |                                                  |
604
     gst-plugins-bad    |                                           []     |
605
     gst-plugins-base   |                                           []     |
606
     gst-plugins-good   |                                           []     |
607
     gst-plugins-ugly   |                                           []     |
608
     gstreamer          |                                           []     |
609
     gtick              |                                           []     |
610
     gtkam              | []                                        []     |
611
     gtkorphan          |                                           []     |
612
     gtkspell           |                            []             []     |
613
     gutenprint         |                                           []     |
614
     hello              | [] [] []                      []    []    []  [] |
615
     herrie             |                                           []     |
616
     hylafax            |                                                  |
617
     idutils            |                                           []     |
618
     indent             | []                                        []     |
619
     iso_15924          |                                           []     |
620
     iso_3166           | []    [] []       []    []          []    []  [] |
621
     iso_3166_2         |                                           []     |
622
     iso_4217           | []                []                      []     |
623
     iso_639            | []                []                      []  [] |
624
     jpilot             | ()                                        ()     |
625
     jtag               |                                                  |
626
     jwhois             |                                           []     |
627
     kbd                |                                           []     |
628
     keytouch           |                                           []     |
629
     keytouch-editor    |                                           []     |
630
     keytouch-keyboa... |                                                  |
631
     latrine            |                                           []     |
632
     ld                 |                                                  |
633
     leafpad            | []                []                             |
634
     libc               | []    []                                  []     |
635
     libexif            |                                                  |
636
     libextractor       |                                                  |
637
     libgpewidget       |                                           []     |
638
     libgpg-error       |                                                  |
639
     libgphoto2         | []                                               |
640
     libgphoto2_port    | []                                               |
641
     libgsasl           |                                           []     |
642
     libiconv           |                                           []     |
643
     libidn             | []                                        []     |
644
     lifelines          |                                           []     |
645
     lilypond           |                                           []     |
646
     lingoteach         |                                           []     |
647
     lprng              |                                                  |
648
     lynx               | []                                        []     |
649
     m4                 | []                                        []     |
650
     mailfromd          |                                                  |
651
     mailutils          |                                                  |
652
     make               | []    []                                  []     |
653
     man-db             |                                                  |
654
     minicom            | []                                               |
655
     nano               |                               []    []    []     |
656
     opcodes            |                                           []     |
657
     parted             | []                                        []     |
658
     pilot-qof          |                                                  |
659
     popt               | []    []                                  []     |
660
     psmisc             | []                                  []    []     |
661
     pwdutils           |                                                  |
662
     qof                |                                                  |
663
     radius             |                                                  |
664
     recode             |                                           []     |
665
     rpm                | []    []                                         |
666
     screem             | []                                               |
667
     scrollkeeper       |                                     [] [] []  [] |
668
     sed                | []                                        []     |
669
     shared-mime-info   | []    []          []          []    []    []  [] |
670
     sharutils          | []                                        []     |
671
     shishi             |                                                  |
672
     skencil            |                                                  |
673
     solfege            |                                     ()        () |
674
     soundtracker       |                                                  |
675
     sp                 | ()                                               |
676
     system-tools-ba... | []    []          []                      []     |
677
     tar                | []          []                            []     |
678
     texinfo            |                                     []    []     |
679
     tin                |                                                  |
680
     tuxpaint           |                                     ()    []  [] |
681
     unicode-han-tra... |                                                  |
682
     unicode-transla... |                                                  |
683
     util-linux         | []                                        []     |
684
     util-linux-ng      | []                                        []     |
685
     vorbis-tools       |                                                  |
686
     wastesedge         |                                           []     |
687
     wdiff              |                               []    []           |
688
     wget               | []                                        []     |
689
     xchat              | []    []                []                []     |
690
     xkeyboard-config   |    [] []                                  []     |
691
     xpad               |       []                      []          []     |
692
                        +--------------------------------------------------+
693
                          ja ka ko ku ky lg lt lv mk mn ms mt nb ne nl  nn
694
                          51  2 25  3  2  0  6  0  2  2 20  0 11  1 103  6
695
696
                          or pa pl pt pt_BR rm ro ru rw sk sl sq sr sv  ta
697
                        +--------------------------------------------------+
698
     Compendium         |          []  []      []       []          []     |
699
     a2ps               |       ()     []      [] []       []    [] []     |
700
     aegis              |                      () ()                       |
701
     ant-phone          |                      []                   []     |
702
     anubis             |       []             [] []                       |
703
     ap-utils           |       ()                                         |
704
     aspell             |                      [] []    []                 |
705
     bash               |       []                      []                 |
706
     bfd                |                                                  |
707
     bibshelf           |                                           []     |
708
     binutils           |                         []    []                 |
709
     bison              |       []     []      [] []                []     |
710
     bison-runtime      |       []     []      []          []       []     |
711
     bluez-pin          |       []     []   [] [] []    [] []    [] []     |
712
     cflow              |       []                                         |
713
     clisp              |                         []                       |
714
     console-tools      |                         []                       |
715
     coreutils          |       []                []       []       []     |
716
     cpio               |       []                []                []     |
717
     cpplib             |                                           []     |
718
     cryptonit          |              []                           []     |
719
     dialog             |                                           []     |
720
     diffutils          |       []     []      [] []             [] []     |
721
     doodle             |                                     []    []     |
722
     e2fsprogs          |       []                                  []     |
723
     enscript           |              []      [] []       []       []     |
724
     fetchmail          |       []                []          []           |
725
     findutils          |       [] []                               []     |
726
     findutils_stable   |       [] []          []       [] []       []     |
727
     flex               |       []     []      [] []                []     |
728
     fslint             |                                           []     |
729
     gas                |                                                  |
730
     gawk               |       []     []      []                   []     |
731
     gcal               |                                           []     |
732
     gcc                |                                        [] []     |
733
     gettext-examples   |       [] []          [] []    [] []    [] []     |
734
     gettext-runtime    |       [] []          [] []    [] []    [] []     |
735
     gettext-tools      |       []             [] []    [] []    [] []     |
736
     gip                |                   []          []       [] []     |
737
     gliv               |       []     []      [] []    []          []     |
738
     glunarclock        |              []      [] []    []       [] []     |
739
     gmult              |                   [] []                [] []     |
740
     gnubiff            |                      ()                   []     |
741
     gnucash            |       ()                                  []     |
742
     gnuedu             |                                                  |
743
     gnulib             |       []                         []       []     |
744
     gnunet             |                                                  |
745
     gnunet-gtk         |                                           []     |
746
     gnutls             |       []                                  []     |
747
     gpe-aerial         |          []  []      [] []       []    [] []     |
748
     gpe-beam           |          []  []      [] []       []    [] []     |
749
     gpe-calendar       |                         []       []    [] []     |
750
     gpe-clock          |          []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
751
     gpe-conf           |          []  []      [] []    [] []       []     |
752
     gpe-contacts       |                      [] []       []    [] []     |
753
     gpe-edit           |       [] []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
754
     gpe-filemanager    |                                  []       []     |
755
     gpe-go             |       []     []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
756
     gpe-login          |          []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
757
     gpe-ownerinfo      |          []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
758
     gpe-package        |                                  []       []     |
759
     gpe-sketchbook     |          []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
760
     gpe-su             |          []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
761
     gpe-taskmanager    |          []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
762
     gpe-timesheet      |          []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
763
     gpe-today          |          []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
764
     gpe-todo           |                         []       []    [] []     |
765
     gphoto2            |    [] []             []       []       [] []     |
766
     gprof              |              []      []                   []     |
767
     gpsdrive           |                         []                []     |
768
     gramadoir          |                               []          []     |
769
     grep               |       []                      [] []       []     |
770
     gretl              |       [] []  []                                  |
771
     gsasl              |       []                               [] []     |
772
     gss                |       []             []       []          []     |
773
     gst-plugins-bad    |       []     []                           []     |
774
     gst-plugins-base   |       []                                  []     |
775
     gst-plugins-good   |       []                                  []     |
776
     gst-plugins-ugly   |       []     []                           []     |
777
     gstreamer          |       []                            [] [] []     |
778
     gtick              |                         []                       |
779
     gtkam              |    [] []     []         []                []     |
780
     gtkorphan          |                                           []     |
781
     gtkspell           |              []   [] [] []    [] []    [] []     |
782
     gutenprint         |                                           []     |
783
     hello              |       []     []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
784
     herrie             |       []                []                []     |
785
     hylafax            |                                                  |
786
     idutils            |       []     []      [] []                []     |
787
     indent             |       []     []      [] []    []       [] []     |
788
     iso_15924          |                                                  |
789
     iso_3166           |    [] [] []  []      [] [] [] [] [] [] [] []  [] |
790
     iso_3166_2         |                                                  |
791
     iso_4217           |       [] []             [] []    []    [] []     |
792
     iso_639            |       []                [] [] [] []    [] []     |
793
     jpilot             |                                                  |
794
     jtag               |                               []                 |
795
     jwhois             |       []     []      []                   []     |
796
     kbd                |       []             []                   []     |
797
     keytouch           |                                           []     |
798
     keytouch-editor    |                                           []     |
799
     keytouch-keyboa... |                                           []     |
800
     latrine            |                                                  |
801
     ld                 |                                           []     |
802
     leafpad            |       [] []             []    []          []  [] |
803
     libc               |       []                []    []          []     |
804
     libexif            |       []                      []                 |
805
     libextractor       |                      []                   []     |
806
     libgpewidget       |       [] []  []      []       [] []    [] []     |
807
     libgpg-error       |       []             []                   []     |
808
     libgphoto2         |       []                                         |
809
     libgphoto2_port    |       []                []                []     |
810
     libgsasl           |       []             []                [] []     |
811
     libiconv           |                                  []    [] []     |
812
     libidn             |       []                               [] ()     |
813
     lifelines          |       []                                  []     |
814
     lilypond           |                                                  |
815
     lingoteach         |              []                                  |
816
     lprng              |       []                                         |
817
     lynx               |              []         []                []     |
818
     m4                 |       []     []      [] []                []     |
819
     mailfromd          |       []                                         |
820
     mailutils          |       []                []                []     |
821
     make               |       []     []         []                []     |
822
     man-db             |       []             [] []                []     |
823
     minicom            |       []     []      [] []                []     |
824
     nano               |              []      [] []                []     |
825
     opcodes            |                      []                   []     |
826
     parted             |       []                                         |
827
     pilot-qof          |                                                  |
828
     popt               |       [] []             []                []     |
829
     psmisc             |       []                                  []     |
830
     pwdutils           |       []                                  []     |
831
     qof                |              []                           []     |
832
     radius             |       []                []                       |
833
     recode             |       [] []  []      [] []       []       []     |
834
     rpm                |       [] []             []                []     |
835
     screem             |                                                  |
836
     scrollkeeper       |       []             [] []    []    [] [] []     |
837
     sed                |       [] []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
838
     shared-mime-info   |       [] []  []                     [] [] []     |
839
     sharutils          |       []                []             [] []     |
840
     shishi             |       []                                         |
841
     skencil            |          []  []                           []     |
842
     solfege            |              []                                  |
843
     soundtracker       |                               []          []     |
844
     sp                 |                                                  |
845
     system-tools-ba... |    [] [] []  []      []             [] [] []  [] |
846
     tar                |       []                []       []       []     |
847
     texinfo            |       []             [] []                []     |
848
     tin                |                         ()                       |
849
     tuxpaint           |       [] []                      [] [] [] []     |
850
     unicode-han-tra... |                                                  |
851
     unicode-transla... |                                                  |
852
     util-linux         |              []         []       []       []     |
853
     util-linux-ng      |              []         []       []       []     |
854
     vorbis-tools       |                         []                       |
855
     wastesedge         |                                                  |
856
     wdiff              |       []     []      [] []    [] []       []     |
857
     wget               |          []             []    []          []     |
858
     xchat              |    []                   []    [] [] [] [] []     |
859
     xkeyboard-config   |                               [] []       []     |
860
     xpad               |                               [] []       []     |
861
                        +--------------------------------------------------+
862
                          or pa pl pt pt_BR rm ro ru rw sk sl sq sr sv  ta
863
                           0  5 77 31  53    4 58 72  3 45 46  9 45 122  3
864
865
                          tg th tk tr uk ven vi  wa xh zh_CN zh_HK zh_TW zu
866
                        +---------------------------------------------------+
867
     Compendium         |          []        []         []          []      | 19
868
     a2ps               |          [] []     []                             | 19
869
     aegis              |                    []                             |  1
870
     ant-phone          |          []        []                             |  6
871
     anubis             |          [] []     []                             | 11
872
     ap-utils           |             ()     []                             |  4
873
     aspell             |             []     []  []                         | 16
874
     bash               |          []                                       |  6
875
     bfd                |                                                   |  2
876
     bibshelf           |                    []                             |  7
877
     binutils           |          [] []     []                     []      |  9
878
     bison              |          [] []     []                     []      | 20
879
     bison-runtime      |             []     []         []          []      | 18
880
     bluez-pin          |          [] []     []  []     []          []      | 28
881
     cflow              |             []     []                             |  5
882
     clisp              |                                                   |  9
883
     console-tools      |          []        []                             |  5
884
     coreutils          |          [] []     []                             | 18
885
     cpio               |          [] []     []         []                  | 11
886
     cpplib             |          [] []     []         []          []      | 12
887
     cryptonit          |                    []                             |  6
888
     dialog             |                    []  []     []                  |  9
889
     diffutils          |          [] []     []         []          []      | 29
890
     doodle             |                    []                             |  6
891
     e2fsprogs          |          []        []                             | 10
892
     enscript           |          [] []     []                             | 16
893
     fetchmail          |          []        []                             | 12
894
     findutils          |          [] []     []                             | 11
895
     findutils_stable   |          [] []     []                     []      | 18
896
     flex               |          []        []                             | 15
897
     fslint             |                    []                             |  2
898
     gas                |          []                                       |  3
899
     gawk               |          []        []         []                  | 16
900
     gcal               |          []                                       |  5
901
     gcc                |          []                   []          []      |  7
902
     gettext-examples   |          [] []     []         []    []    []      | 29
903
     gettext-runtime    |          [] []     []         []    []    []      | 28
904
     gettext-tools      |          [] []     []         []          []      | 20
905
     gip                |                    []                     []      | 13
906
     gliv               |          []        []                             | 11
907
     glunarclock        |                    []  []                 []      | 15
908
     gmult              |          []        []         []          []      | 16
909
     gnubiff            |                    []                             |  2
910
     gnucash            |          () []                                    |  5
911
     gnuedu             |                    []                             |  2
912
     gnulib             |                    []                             | 10
913
     gnunet             |                                                   |  0
914
     gnunet-gtk         |          []        []                             |  3
915
     gnutls             |                                                   |  4
916
     gpe-aerial         |                    []         []                  | 14
917
     gpe-beam           |                    []         []                  | 14
918
     gpe-calendar       |                    []  []                         |  7
919
     gpe-clock          |          []        []  []     []                  | 21
920
     gpe-conf           |                    []  []     []                  | 16
921
     gpe-contacts       |                    []         []                  | 10
922
     gpe-edit           |          []        []  []     []          []      | 22
923
     gpe-filemanager    |                    []  []                         |  7
924
     gpe-go             |          []        []  []     []                  | 19
925
     gpe-login          |          []        []  []     []          []      | 21
926
     gpe-ownerinfo      |          []        []         []          []      | 21
927
     gpe-package        |                    []                             |  6
928
     gpe-sketchbook     |          []        []                             | 16
929
     gpe-su             |          []        []  []     []                  | 21
930
     gpe-taskmanager    |          []        []  []     []                  | 21
931
     gpe-timesheet      |          []        []         []          []      | 18
932
     gpe-today          |          []        []  []     []          []      | 21
933
     gpe-todo           |                    []  []                         |  8
934
     gphoto2            |             []     []         []          []      | 21
935
     gprof              |          []        []                             | 13
936
     gpsdrive           |                    []                             |  5
937
     gramadoir          |                    []                             |  7
938
     grep               |                    []                             | 12
939
     gretl              |                                                   |  6
940
     gsasl              |                    []         []          []      |  9
941
     gss                |                    []                             |  7
942
     gst-plugins-bad    |             []     []         []                  | 13
943
     gst-plugins-base   |             []     []                             | 11
944
     gst-plugins-good   |             []     []         []    []    []      | 16
945
     gst-plugins-ugly   |             []     []         []                  | 13
946
     gstreamer          |          [] []     []                             | 18
947
     gtick              |             []     []                             |  7
948
     gtkam              |                    []                             | 16
949
     gtkorphan          |                    []                             |  7
950
     gtkspell           |             []     []  []     []    []    []      | 27
951
     gutenprint         |                                                   |  4
952
     hello              |          [] []     []         []          []      | 38
953
     herrie             |          []        []                             |  8
954
     hylafax            |                                                   |  0
955
     idutils            |          []        []                             | 15
956
     indent             |          [] []     []         []          []      | 28
957
     iso_15924          |                    []         []                  |  4
958
     iso_3166           |    [] [] [] []     []  []     []    []    []      | 54
959
     iso_3166_2         |                    []         []                  |  4
960
     iso_4217           |    []    []        []         []    []            | 24
961
     iso_639            |             []     []  []     []    []            | 26
962
     jpilot             |          [] []     []         []                  |  7
963
     jtag               |                    []                             |  3
964
     jwhois             |          []        []                     []      | 13
965
     kbd                |          [] []     []                             | 13
966
     keytouch           |                    []                             |  8
967
     keytouch-editor    |                    []                             |  5
968
     keytouch-keyboa... |                    []                             |  5
969
     latrine            |          []        []                             |  5
970
     ld                 |          []        []         []          []      | 10
971
     leafpad            |          [] []     []         []          []      | 24
972
     libc               |          []                   []          []      | 19
973
     libexif            |                    []                             |  5
974
     libextractor       |                    []                             |  5
975
     libgpewidget       |                    []  []     []                  | 20
976
     libgpg-error       |                    []                             |  6
977
     libgphoto2         |             []     []                             |  9
978
     libgphoto2_port    |             []     []                     []      | 11
979
     libgsasl           |                    []                             |  8
980
     libiconv           |                    []  []                         | 11
981
     libidn             |                    []         []                  | 11
982
     lifelines          |                                                   |  4
983
     lilypond           |                    []                             |  6
984
     lingoteach         |                    []                             |  6
985
     lprng              |                    []                             |  2
986
     lynx               |          [] []     []                             | 15
987
     m4                 |                    []         []          []      | 18
988
     mailfromd          |             []     []                             |  3
989
     mailutils          |             []     []                             |  8
990
     make               |          []        []         []                  | 20
991
     man-db             |                    []                             |  9
992
     minicom            |                    []                             | 14
993
     nano               |                    []         []          []      | 20
994
     opcodes            |          []        []                             | 10
995
     parted             |          [] []                            []      | 11
996
     pilot-qof          |                    []                             |  1
997
     popt               |          []        []         []          []      | 18
998
     psmisc             |                    []         []                  | 10
999
     pwdutils           |                    []                             |  3
1000
     qof                |                    []                             |  4
1001
     radius             |             []     []                             |  7
1002
     recode             |          []        []         []                  | 25
1003
     rpm                |          [] []     []                     []      | 13
1004
     screem             |                    []                             |  2
1005
     scrollkeeper       |          [] []     []                     []      | 26
1006
     sed                |          []        []         []          []      | 23
1007
     shared-mime-info   |             []     []         []                  | 29
1008
     sharutils          |          []        []                     []      | 23
1009
     shishi             |                    []                             |  3
1010
     skencil            |                    []                             |  7
1011
     solfege            |                    []                             |  3
1012
     soundtracker       |          []        []                             |  9
1013
     sp                 |          []                                       |  3
1014
     system-tools-ba... |    []    [] []     []     []  []          []      | 38
1015
     tar                |          [] []     []                             | 17
1016
     texinfo            |          []        []         []                  | 15
1017
     tin                |                                                   |  1
1018
     tuxpaint           |                    []  []                 []      | 19
1019
     unicode-han-tra... |                                                   |  0
1020
     unicode-transla... |                                                   |  2
1021
     util-linux         |          [] []     []                             | 20
1022
     util-linux-ng      |          [] []     []                             | 20
1023
     vorbis-tools       |             []     []                             |  4
1024
     wastesedge         |                                                   |  1
1025
     wdiff              |          []        []                             | 23
1026
     wget               |          []        []                     []      | 20
1027
     xchat              |             []     []         []          []      | 29
1028
     xkeyboard-config   |          [] []     []                             | 14
1029
     xpad               |                    []         []          []      | 15
1030
                        +---------------------------------------------------+
1031
       76 teams           tg th tk tr uk ven vi  wa xh zh_CN zh_HK zh_TW zu
1032
      163 domains          0  3  1 74 51  0  143 21  1  57     7    45    0  2036
1033
1034
   Some counters in the preceding matrix are higher than the number of
1035
visible blocks let us expect.  This is because a few extra PO files are
1036
used for implementing regional variants of languages, or language
1037
dialects.
1038
1039
   For a PO file in the matrix above to be effective, the package to
1040
which it applies should also have been internationalized and
1041
distributed as such by its maintainer.  There might be an observable
1042
lag between the mere existence a PO file and its wide availability in a
1043
distribution.
1044
1045
   If November 2007 seems to be old, you may fetch a more recent copy
1046
of this `ABOUT-NLS' file on most GNU archive sites.  The most
1047
up-to-date matrix with full percentage details can be found at
1048
`http://translationproject.org/extra/matrix.html'.
1049
1050
1.6 Using `gettext' in new packages
1051
===================================
1052
1053
If you are writing a freely available program and want to
1054
internationalize it you are welcome to use GNU `gettext' in your
1055
package.  Of course you have to respect the GNU Library General Public
1056
License which covers the use of the GNU `gettext' library.  This means
1057
in particular that even non-free programs can use `libintl' as a shared
1058
library, whereas only free software can use `libintl' as a static
1059
library or use modified versions of `libintl'.
1060
1061
   Once the sources are changed appropriately and the setup can handle
1062
the use of `gettext' the only thing missing are the translations.  The
1063
Free Translation Project is also available for packages which are not
1064
developed inside the GNU project.  Therefore the information given above
1065
applies also for every other Free Software Project.  Contact
1066
`coordinator@translationproject.org' to make the `.pot' files available
1067
to the translation teams.
1068