tags 207199 + patch thanks Here is a patch to fix this problem. It teaches the script to ignore empty lines, and to write an error if the line don't have at least two words.
This is the output when I tested it Generating locales... error: Bad entry 'en_US.ISO-8859-1 ' error: Bad entry 'en_US.UTF-8 ' Generation complete. --- /usr/sbin/locale-gen 2003-10-28 23:07:31.000000000 +0000 +++ /tmp/locale-gen 2004-04-17 22:20:41.000000000 +0000 @@ -17,10 +17,19 @@ umask 022 +is_entry_ok() { + if [ -n "$locale" -a -n "$charset" ] ; then + true + else + echo "error: Bad entry '$locale $charset'" + false + fi +} + echo "Generating locales..." while read locale charset; do \ - case $locale in \#*) continue;; esac; \ - [ -n "$locale" -a -n "$charset" ] || continue + case $locale in \#*) continue;; "") continue;; esac; \ + is_entry_ok || continue echo -n " `echo $locale | sed 's/\([EMAIL PROTECTED]).*/\1/'`"; \ echo -n ".$charset"; \ echo -n `echo $locale | sed 's/\([EMAIL PROTECTED])\([EMAIL PROTECTED])*/\2/'`; \ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]