apt/__init__.py, apt/__cache__.py: Improve python-apt localization.

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/apt/__init__.py b/apt/__init__.py
index ec7103a1..2ef8add3 100644
--- a/apt/__init__.py
+++ b/apt/__init__.py
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 #  USA
 # import the core of apt_pkg
 """High-Level Interface for working with apt."""
+import locale
+
 import apt_pkg
 
 # import some fancy classes
@@ -28,15 +30,13 @@ from apt.cdrom import Cdrom
 if apt_pkg._COMPAT_0_7:
     from apt.progress.old import (OpProgress, FetchProgress, InstallProgress,
                                   CdromProgress)
-
-if apt_pkg._COMPAT_0_7:
     from apt_pkg import (size_to_str as SizeToStr,
                          time_to_str as TimeToStr,
                          version_compare as VersionCompare)
 
 # init the package system
 apt_pkg.init()
-
+locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
 
 #import warnings
 #warnings.warn("apt API not stable yet", FutureWarning)
diff --git a/apt/cache.py b/apt/cache.py
index a93d5575..6e11d215 100644
--- a/apt/cache.py
+++ b/apt/cache.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 import os
 import weakref
+from gettext import dgettext
 
 import apt_pkg
 from apt import Package
@@ -29,6 +30,10 @@ from apt.deprecation import (AttributeDeprecatedBy, function_deprecated_by,
 import apt.progress.text
 
 
+def _(msg):
+    return dgettext('python-apt', msg)
+
+
 class FetchCancelledException(IOError):
     """Exception that is thrown when the user cancels a fetch operation."""
 
@@ -92,7 +97,7 @@ class Cache(object):
         self._set.clear()
         self._weakref.clear()
 
-        progress.op = "Building data structures"
+        progress.op = _("Building data structures")
         i=last=0
         size=len(self._cache.packages)
         for pkg in self._cache.packages: