Re: dpkg segfaults installing locales: [SOLVED]?

[Wulfy <wulfmann@tiscali.co.uk>]

Wulfy wrote:
> I have a problem.  While updating, dpkg segfaults while configuring 
> locales.  The error message is:
>
> /usr/sbin/locale-gen: line 41:  6634 Illegal instruction     localedef 
> -i $input -c -f $charset -A /etc/locale.alias $locale
> dpkg: error processing locales (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 132
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> locales
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> Ack!  Something bad happened while installing packages.  Trying to 
> recover:
>
> then it tries again and eventually the whole machine freezes and I 
> have to hard boot.
>
> I've tried all the variations of install [aptitude, apt-get, dpkg].  I 
> followed the instructions and ran dpkg --configure -a.  I even forced 
> the removal of locales using dpkg, then reinstalled by aptitude.  It 
> keeps doing this and I have no idea what to do now. With the "illegal 
> instruction" I can only assume one of the variables isn't getting set.
>
> Linux Yewdales-lodge 2.6.8-3-k7 #1 Sat Jul 15 09:58:38 UTC 2006 i686 
> GNU/Linux
>
> locales (2.3.2.ds1-22sarge4)
I ran dpkg -force-all -P locales then aptitude install locales.  That 
cleared the blockage as I had to answer the config questions again.  
Still don't know why it bombed out like that...  :(

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