Bug#321580: locales: installation fails because of sr_YU@cyrillic
On 2005-08-08 22:00:56 +0200, Denis Barbier wrote:
> So the problem here is that a locale listed in /etc/locale.gen is
> not valid. There are several possible causes:
> a. This locale was previously listed in /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED,
> but has been dropped.
> b. Admin made a typo when editing /etc/locale.gen
This is not b since the locale was added via dpkg-reconfigure locales.
> c. This locale exists but is broken.
> d. This locale is broken, and is not provided by the locales package
> but is a local addition.
I didn't do any local addition.
> When an error occurs, we can either abort (this is the current behavior),
> or continue. The former ensures that errors are caught and dealt with,
> but admin has then to modify a file he is not even aware of. With the
> latter, an admin may generate all locales without noticing that
> sr_YU@cyrillic is broken. Maybe a good compromise is to not abort when
> generating locales, and add a debconf note if errors occured?
Yes, and the locale could be commented out.
> (And either
> abort after explaining admin how to fix the problem, or exit gracefully)
Yes, this would be OK too.
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