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From: Bill Ross <Wilson DOT Ross AT Sun DOT COM>
Subject: Re: Setup.exe stalls on gettext-runtime.mo
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I tried one more time and the install completed. Thanks for the advice; 
it seems that removing the installed gettext.exe is what enabled me to 
get beyond the original blockage.

Bill

Bill Ross wrote:
> 
> 
> Brian Dessent wrote:
>> Bill Ross wrote:
>>
>>> When Setup.exe gets to gettext-runtime.mo it stalls indefinitely, 
>>> blinking:
>>>
>>>    /usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
>>>
>>> This has happened when downloading from 2 different sites,
>>
>> That's quite strange.  I tried to reproduce this with setup.exe
>> 2.510.2.2 and the snapshot 2.553 but neither hung there.  I can't think
>> of what could cause this.  I think you can rule out download corruption
>> since setup.exe would have complained about a md5 sum mismatch, but just
>> in case the one I have is:
>>
>> e8aa6773706e273d16329451f7c896a9 *gettext-0.15-1.tar.bz2
> 
> That's what I have.
> 
>>
>> If you want to install this package by hand in the same way setup.exe
>> would, you can try the following:
>>
>> tar jxvf /path/to/gettext-0.15-1.tar.bz2 -C / >/etc/setup/gettext.lst
>> gzip /etc/setup/gettext.lst
>> echo "gettext gettext-0.15-1.tar.bz2 0" >>/etc/setup/installed.db
>> . /etc/postinstall/gettext.sh && mv /etc/postinstall/gettext.sh{,.done}
>>
>> (Note: untested but should work.)  
> 
> It's already installed. Just for fun I removed that version. Now the 
> installer is stuck on
> 
>   Installing
>   perl-5.8.7-5
>   /usr/lib/perl5/5.8/abbrev.pl  [blinking]
> 
> Bill
> 
>>
>>> with no effect. I have tried removing gettext from the list to install,
>>> but it still gets included.
>>
>> Hmm.  It's not a strictly required package, and only useful for
>> development, but if it keeps getting added that means some package you
>> have installed lists it as a requirement.
>>
>> Brian
>>
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