At Wed, 17 Sep 2003 18:53:12 +0200, Daniel Verite wrote: > Steve Doerr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > locales in the unstable distro won't seem to configure for me, but the > > error doesn't offer anything as to what it's failing on. I tried to > > move locale.gen out of the way, but it doesn't make a difference. > > I had a similar problem with 2.3.2-7 and tracked it down to > a recent change in /usr/sbin/locale-gen > > The 'unset POSIXLY_CORRECT' statement generates an error if > POSIXLY_CORRECT is not defined and then the script exits > immediately (it exits because set -e is in effect). > > The end result is that 'dpkg --configure locales' fails. > > Try to edit this script, remove the set -e statement, rerun the configure > part and see how it goes (that did it for me). > > The correct fix would probably be to unset the variable only if it's > set.
Which shell do you use as /bin/sh ? BTW, this bug is easily fixed with your way or use /bin/bash. Regards, -- gotom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
