Use of unpatched myspell affix file (en_ZA.aff) breaks English (South Africa) myspell spell-checking

Bug #398320 reported by PrivateUser132781
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: myspell-en-za

The affix file for the South African English Myspell dictionary contains problems that breaks myspell spell-checking in en_ZA. The problem is easily solved by replacing the /usr/share/myspell/dicts/en_ZA.aff file with the en_GB.aff file. For example, in the two attached screen shots, the language is in both cases set to English (South Africa), but in the second screenshot the .aff file has been replaced with the British English one.

This is probably mainly a packaging error, since Commonwealth variants of English (Australian, Zimbabwean, South African etc.) are supposed to share affix patterns, as can be seen from the following. Header in en_ZA.aff:
# Affix file for British English MySpell dictionary
# Also suitable as basis for Commonwealth and European English.
# Built from scratch for MySpell. Released under LGPL.
#
# David Bartlett, Andrew Brown.
# R 1.18, 11/04/05

Header in en_GB.aff:
# Affix file for British English MySpell dictionary
# Also suitable as basis for Commonwealth and European English.
# Built from scratch for MySpell. Released under LGPL.
#
# David Bartlett, Andrew Brown.
# R 1.18, 11/04/05
#
# 2006-02-07 - NOSUGGEST, COMPOUNDRULE patches (nemeth AT OOo)

So it is a question of including the latest patched file also in the myspell-en-za package.

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PrivateUser132781 (privateuser132781-deactivatedaccount) wrote :
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PrivateUser132781 (privateuser132781-deactivatedaccount) wrote :
summary: - Errors in en_ZA.aff breaks English (South Africa) spell-checking in
- OpenOffice
+ Use of unpatched myspell affix file (en_ZA.aff) breaks English (South
+ Africa) myspell spell-checking
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