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-: > > I probably lost my copy of `charset.alias' a frenzy of installation,
-: > > hacking, and reinstallation.  Perhaps (a version of) `charset.alias'
-: > > should be included with any NLS-capable package?

Here I should have said `included with the binary distro of any
NLS-capable package'; once my charset.alias had been nuked,
(re-)installation of sed3028b.zip did not restore it.

-:   1) charset.alias is generated and installed by every GNU package that
-:      offers NLS *and* runtime recoding.

IMHO this is the root of the problem; the resources for NLS and runtime
recoding are bound with individual programs, and cannot (yet?) be packaged
for separate installation (iff NLS support is desired).  Thus removal of
*any* NLS-aware package breaks the NLS-support for all remaining NLS-aware
packages.

-:   3) Including charset.alias and locale.alias in djdevNNN.zip will
-: not really solve the difficulty, IMHO.

I agree this is not a good solution; removing an NLS-aware package will
simply remove whatever *.alias files are supplied with djdevNNN.

-:   4) The simplest solution seems to be to omit charset.alias and
-: locale.alias from the manifest file

IMHO this is also not the right thing to do; it is an extra burden for
the maintainer; it means the *.mft file is no longer a true package
manifest; and it means that `rm -f @foo.mft' no longer does a complete
job of removing a previous installation.

Perhaps an `alias.zip' archive, containing only the *.alias files,
should be packaged for independent download?  (Not much of a solution,
I know.)  Or just do nothing (except to add *.alias to the binary
distro) and see if it ever becomes a FAQ-level problem.