make.conf need --disable-nls or NO_LOCALE settings ?

[Lowell Gilbert]

Hanno Krusken <lr101fc at yahoo.co.uk> writes:

> Hi all,
> 
> running FreeBSD-5.4-RELENG-p7 with a custom kernel on a laptop, I would like to disable "ALL" non english building language on the system incl. for all the installed ports.
> 
> I can not find any article about settings for the "/etc/make.conf" file, is there some thing like "NO_LOCALE", "WITHOUT_NLS" or global "CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--disable-nls" witch can be used in single port "Makefile" configurations.
> 
> I would like to use any thing like "?????+=--disable-nls" for my "/etc/make.conf" to include to "buildworld", "make install" and "portupgrade -rRa" with out getting all the "~/local" folders cluttered up.

There is no formal support for this.  Nor is there likely to be, given
the number of different approaches taken by different third-party
software.  You will need to keep an eye on it port by port.