Ubiquity installs english langpacks even if other language is selected

[Paolo Sammicheli]

Testing the Italian LoCo Ubuntu CD. The CD include only Italian langpacks.

During the installation Ubiquity download english langpacks anyway. If there's internet connection during the installation at the reboot a popup shown that some langpacks were missing, but it refers to the english since the Italian is fully installed.

I ran ubiquity in debug mode, including syslog with evidence of english langpack downloading.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-19.30-generic-pae 3.2.11
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-19-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Mar 20 22:07:39 2012
InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- debian-installer/language=it keyboard-configuration/layoutcode?=it maybe-ubiquity
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise" - Build i386 LIVE Binary 20120319-20:22
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Paolo Sammicheli (xdatap1)]

I've also all the other ubiquity debug files, if needed.

[Paolo Sammicheli (xdatap1)]

Also, after installation the languages menu shown also German and Chinese locales, but not installed (because they are in the official CD, maybe?) https://launchpadlibrarian.net/97326005/Schermata-15.png

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu localized ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://localized-iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/960617

[Sergio Zanchetta (primes2h)]

I add that after installation without net, if I click on "Run this action now" in the incomplete language window, it opens the "language support" application without telling what packages are missing.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

It's intentional that it always installs English language support, but if that can't be done then it shouldn't cause the "incomplete language support" condition to trigger.

[Paolo Sammicheli (xdatap1)]

Hello Colin

What's about German and Chinese in the list?

Also, how can we avoid the incomplete language support, which is the information (metapackage?) which determinate that it's incomplete?

Thanks in advance

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

What about German and Chinese?

Avoiding the incomplete-language-support prompt will require an installer change. That's why this bug remains open on the installer. :-)

[Sergio Zanchetta (primes2h)]

@Colin
For another test about languages in the list using the official ISO, have a look at Bug #960314 also.

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for ubiquity (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]