I just want to mention a possible important aspect:
This bug is not limited to OS Upgrades!
I tried adding another language via System->Administration->Language
Support, and got the exact same issue: hang when generating locales.
The "work around" that made my machine able to install stuff was:
1) reboot (the only way to kill locale-gen)
2) sudo rm /usr/bin/localedef (deletes all localization)
3) sudo dpkg --configure -a ("fixes" the package manager so u can install
stuff)
However, when I tried to re-install "locales" and "belocs-locales-bin"
using the synaptic package manager, i got into the same problem; hang
when generating locales.
I hope this will help to track down the bug, since this is not only an upgrade
issue, the simplest steps to reproduce are:
1) Open language Support (System->Administration->Language Support)
2) Select another language
3) Click OK
4) Notice the system hang when generating locales
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Gutsy->Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340
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