I can confirm this problem, also based on a different base locale: Generating locales (this might take a while)... de_DE.ISO-8859-1.../usr/share/i18n/locales/iso14651_t1:264: LC_COLLATE: syntax error /usr/share/i18n/locales/iso14651_t1:266: LC_COLLATE: syntax error [..] [then the process hangs]
finlandia!joey(tty6):~/Projects/freeX/Perl-12.smtp> apt-cache show locales Package: locales [..] Version: 2.3.6-1 [..] Depends: glibc-2.3.5-3, debconf | debconf-2.0 [..] finlandia!joey(tty6):~/Projects/freeX/Perl-12.smtp> dpkg -s libc6 Package: libc6 [..] Version: 2.3.5-6.0.1 [..] Provides: glibc-2.3.5-3 [..] I can also confirm that the problem goes away with glibc 2.3.6-1*. So there's at least a wrong dependency in the locales package. Regards, Joey -- The only stupid question is the unasked one. Please always Cc to me when replying to me on the lists. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]