Comment 128 for bug 249340

Thank you. Due to (possibly unrelated) problems, I had to revert anyway. I'm now back in Gutsy for the foreseeable future.

Michael

--- On Sat, 9/27/08, Thomas <email address hidden> wrote:

> From: Thomas <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 249340] Re: Gutsy->Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef
> To: <email address hidden>
> Date: Saturday, September 27, 2008, 8:25 AM
> FWIW, I tried to upgrade from fully-patched 7.10 to 8.04.1 6
> weeks ago
> and ran into this.
>
> I tried a few of the fixes but nothing worked, so I
> restored the backup
> image to undo all changes.
>
> I tried again this week and it worked perfectly.
>
> --
> Gutsy->Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340
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> Status in “langpack-locales” source package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
> Status in “linux” source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in “linux-source-2.6.15” source package in
> Ubuntu: Fix Released
> Status in “linux-source-2.6.22” source package in
> Ubuntu: Fix Released
> Status in langpack-locales in Ubuntu Dapper: Invalid
> Status in linux in Ubuntu Dapper: Invalid
> Status in linux-source-2.6.15 in Ubuntu Dapper: Fix
> Released
> Status in linux-source-2.6.22 in Ubuntu Dapper: Invalid
> Status in langpack-locales in Ubuntu Gutsy: Invalid
> Status in linux in Ubuntu Gutsy: Invalid
> Status in linux-source-2.6.15 in Ubuntu Gutsy: Invalid
> Status in linux-source-2.6.22 in Ubuntu Gutsy: Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: locales
>
> I've been running Feisty for a while and decided to
> upgrade to Hardy. I used the Update Manager to upgrade from
> Feisty to Gutsy without problems last night. Tonight I
> decided to take the next step from Gutsy to Hardy. I again
> used the Update Manager GUI. But this time things
> didn't go so well.
>
> During the step "Setting up locales (2.7.9-4)
> ..." I get the following message:
>
> Generating locales...
> en_AU.UTF-8...
>
> And then the installer hangs forever with localedef eating
> 100% CPU.
>
> I'm not the only one. Here are the relevant threads on
> the forums:
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=861384
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=861194
>
> Interestingly enough, both threads were started *tonight*
> and there are no relevant earlier threads matching
> "localedef", which makes me suspect this was due
> to a very recent change.
>
> As a workaround, "sudo killall locale-gen" allows
> the installation to continue, though several packages fail
> to install due to dependency errors.
>
> I also submitted an automated bug report after the failed
> upgrade (bug 249346).