On 2005-08-08 22:00:56 +0200, Denis Barbier wrote: > So the problem here is that a locale listed in /etc/locale.gen is > not valid. There are several possible causes: > a. This locale was previously listed in /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED, > but has been dropped. > b. Admin made a typo when editing /etc/locale.gen
This is not b since the locale was added via dpkg-reconfigure locales. > c. This locale exists but is broken. > d. This locale is broken, and is not provided by the locales package > but is a local addition. I didn't do any local addition. > When an error occurs, we can either abort (this is the current behavior), > or continue. The former ensures that errors are caught and dealt with, > but admin has then to modify a file he is not even aware of. With the > latter, an admin may generate all locales without noticing that > [EMAIL PROTECTED] is broken. Maybe a good compromise is to not abort when > generating locales, and add a debconf note if errors occured? Yes, and the locale could be commented out. > (And either > abort after explaining admin how to fix the problem, or exit gracefully) Yes, this would be OK too. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / SPACES project at LORIA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
