"localedef" hangs

[Woody Gilk]

ah yes... just like compiling things as root (which i just had a bad
experience with), it's not a good idea. all those people that keep
yelling about new linux users compiling as root had a damn good point.
:-P

-woody (shadowhand)


On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 00:28:05 -0400, Benoit Valiron <bvali087 at uottawa.ca> wrote:
> Thank you for the reply... After playing a little around, it appears
> that I screwed up permissions for the locale files.
> Everything became smooth after setting them back.
> 
> So for the records: changing permission in the locale directory is
> not a good idea... Shame on me !
> 
> --
> Ben
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Oct 11, 2004 at 04:06:58PM -0500, Woody Gilk wrote:
> > how long did you let it stay there? it could just be working for an
> > abnormally long time. did you try restarting your computer and then
> > compiling again? sometimes things will hang on me and a restart will
> > solve it.
> >
> > -woody (shadowhand)
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 16:08:40 -0400, Benoit Valiron <bvali087 at uottawa.ca> wrote:
> > > Hello !
> > >
> > > Yesterday I finally update my kernel to 2.4.27, and I rebuilt
> > > glibc. Everithing goes fine until it reaches the "localedef _____"
> > > commands: it hangs there. Moreover, a ^C just returne me the prompt,
> > > without telling me any "lin failed" of any sort.
> > >
> > > Any idea ?
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > >
> > > --
> > > Ben
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