Public bug reported: 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. ** Affects: langpack-locales (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: gutsy hang hardy lockup stuck upgrade ** Description changed: 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. ** Tags added: gutsy hang hardy lockup stuck upgrade -- 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
