Package: locales Version: 2.7-11 Severity: normal
Hi, locale-gen fails when a file named UTF-8 is in current directory. $ sudo locale-gen Generating locales (this might take a while)... en_US.UTF-8... done ja_JP.EUC-JP... done ja_JP.UTF-8... done Generation complete. $ echo foobar > UTF-8 $ ls UTF-8 $ sudo locale-gen Generating locales (this might take a while)... en_US.UTF-8...UTF-8:1: syntax error in prolog: invalid definition UTF-8: premature end of file character map `UTF-8' is not ASCII compatible, locale not ISO C compliant /usr/share/i18n/locales/en_US:45: LC_MONETARY: unknown character in field `int_curr_symbol' /usr/share/i18n/locales/en_US:46: LC_MONETARY: unknown character in field `currency_symbol' /usr/share/i18n/locales/en_US:47: LC_MONETARY: unknown character in field `mon_decimal_point' /usr/share/i18n/locales/en_US:48: LC_MONETARY: unknown character in field `mon_thousands_sep' /usr/share/i18n/locales/en_US:51: LC_MONETARY: unknown character in field `negative_sign' /usr/share/i18n/locales/en_US:66: LC_NUMERIC: unknown character in field `decimal_point' /usr/share/i18n/locales/en_US:67: LC_NUMERIC: unknown character in field `thousands_sep' .....snip.... $ rm UTF-8 $ sudo locale-gen Generating locales (this might take a while)... en_US.UTF-8... done ja_JP.EUC-JP... done ja_JP.UTF-8... done Generation complete. Thanks, -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages locales depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.21 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 [glibc-2.7-1] 2.7-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries locales recommends no packages. -- debconf information: * locales/default_environment_locale: None * locales/locales_to_be_generated: en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8, ja_JP.EUC-JP EUC-JP, ja_JP.UTF-8 UTF-8 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]