Ever since Apple posted the Language support updates, I've been annoyed because they always pop up but I don't want to install them. I did find a hint here explaining about how you can make an update "inactive" simply by selecting it and selecting "Make Update Inactive" (or something similar) in the menu. It worked somewhat. Unfortunately, when you do that and tehn initiate an update, it will pop a dialog saying there are no new updates but there are some "hidden" updates. Better, but still annoying to me. I wanted that nice message "Your software is up to date" to come up ... nothing else! I find that very satisfying (sad, I know).
One solution, obviously, was to install the updates. But that's just a waste of resources.
So my solution was to go into /Library/Receipts/ and create a new folder for each update I wanted to make "disappear" and name each folder after each language. For example, for the "Brazilian Portuguese Language" update, I created a folder called "BrazilianPortuguese.pkg". Just take the name of the languge (leave out the words "language" and "support"), remove the spaces and append .pkg to it. Tada! No more update! Also, if you have them "inactive" and want to do this, please "activate" them before you do. I had some problems when I didn't. If you don't like the result or want to use one of those updates later, just delete the folder/package.
Hope this comes in handy to some people. I'm happy because my "Software is up to date!" :)
[Editor's note: Untested here, but it makes sense when you look at /Library/Receipts.]
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