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 PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Bug 249340] Re: Gutsy->Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct > subscriber > of the bug. > > 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). -- Gutsy->Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs