Bug 5092 - packagemanager won't run after exiting gives locale error
: packagemanager won't run after exiting gives locale error
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 5778
Product: pkg
gui
: unspecified
: i86pc/amd64 OpenSolaris
: P2 major (vote)
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Assigned To: pkg/gui watcher
: pkg/gui watcher
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: 5473
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Reported: 2008-11-14 16:59 UTC by Wendy Phillips
Modified: 2008-12-16 00:37 UTC (History)
13 users (show)

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Description Wendy Phillips 2008-11-14 16:59:54 UTC
On a newly installed system running snv_101a I have been using the packing gui,
packagemanager. I closed it. Trying to run it again using the buttons on the
display, it never starts. running it by hand,
    pfexec packagemanager 
fails with following msg 

joanp@rgypsy:~$ pfexec packagemanager

(process:2300): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
        Using the fallback 'C' locale.
en_US.UTF-8: unknown locale
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/packagemanager", line 2208, in ?
    packagemanager = PackageManager()
  File "/usr/bin/packagemanager", line 100, in __init__
    locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/locale.py", line 381, in setlocale
    return _setlocale(category, locale)
locale.Error: unsupported locale setting

The locale is:

joanp@rgypsy:~$ locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="C"
LC_NUMERIC="C"
LC_TIME="C"
LC_COLLATE="C"
Comment 1 David Comay 2008-11-15 18:06:44 UTC
Moving to correct Product/Component.
Comment 2 Padraig O'Briain 2008-11-18 02:34:24 UTC
I have reproduce this.
Comment 3 v.premkumar 2008-11-25 23:17:20 UTC
It is happening with fresh install OpenSolaris 2008.11 RC2 build out-of-box
install. most embarrassing and seems to be it is going to get released with
such bugs.

Note: The same is not happened on USB based (from *.usb file) install.

based on the seriousness of the bug, elevating it to P2 level. else it won't
get the folks attention.

#cat /etc/release
                      OpenSolaris 2008.11 snv_101b_rc2 X86
          Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
                       Use is subject to license terms.
                          Assembled 19 November 2008 

#locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="C"
LC_NUMERIC="C"
LC_TIME="C"
LC_COLLATE="C"
LC_MONETARY="C"
LC_MESSAGES=C
LC_ALL=
#pkg refresh
en_US.UTF-8: unknown locale
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "/usr/bin/pkg", line 2228, in ?
   __ret = main_func()
 File "/usr/bin/pkg", line 2072, in main_func
   locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
 File "/usr/lib/python2.4/locale.py", line 381, in setlocale
   return _setlocale(category, locale)
Error: unsupported locale setting
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "/usr/bin/pkg", line 2296, in ?
   error(
NameError: name '_' is not defined
# 

work around: #export LANG="C"   and run the "pkg"
Comment 4 John Rice 2008-11-26 00:41:29 UTC
My understanding is that installs on the bare metal have been tested and this
bug could not be reproduced. Conny should have more details.

Can you describe exactly what you did during the install process to see if we
can reproduce this. Is this an installer bug in how the locale is being setup?
Comment 5 Glynn Foster 2008-11-26 00:48:59 UTC
I can reproduce on RC2 (pkg image-update'd), though getting locale errors for
locales like sv_SE.UTF-8 in GNOME apps too, though I understand that
sv_SE.UTF-8 is one of the supported locales (see /usr/lib/locale/).
Comment 6 John Rice 2008-11-26 01:06:47 UTC
I can get the same failure by setting up the locale in a terminal on an RC2
build, listed above as follows in Comment #3:

$ export LANG=en_US.UTF-8; export LC_CTYPE='"C"'; export LC_NUMERIC='"C"';
export LC_TIME='"C"'; export LC_COLLATE='"C"'; export LC_MONETARY='"C"'; export
LC_MESSAGES="C"

~$ pfexec pkg refresh
"C": unknown locale
"C": unknown locale
"C": unknown locale
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pkg", line 2228, in ?
    __ret = main_func()
  File "/usr/bin/pkg", line 2072, in main_func
    locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/locale.py", line 381, in setlocale
    return _setlocale(category, locale)
Error: unsupported locale setting
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pkg", line 2296, in ?
    error(
NameError: name '_' is not defined
Comment 7 Qinghua Cheng 2008-11-26 01:22:26 UTC
I am on locale: de_DE.UTF-8, and I did:

export LC_ALL=C

I got:

conny@opensolaris:~$ locale
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="C"
LC_NUMERIC="C"
LC_TIME="C"
LC_COLLATE="C"
LC_MONETARY="C"
LC_MESSAGES="C"
LC_ALL=C

pfexec packagemanager works.
Comment 8 fujiwara 2008-11-26 01:37:16 UTC
$ locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="C"
LC_NUMERIC="C"
LC_TIME="C"
LC_COLLATE="C"

It means your system doesn't have en_US.UTF-8 locale in /usr/lib/locale.
So once you install the locale package, it will be resolved.
But I don't understand why you don't have en_US.UTF-8 locale?
It's installed by default.

So fixing this is nice to have. e.g.

try:
  locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, "")
except:
  print ("Your locale is not installed correctly.")
  exit 1


> export LANG=en_US.UTF-8; export LC_CTYPE='"C"'; export LC_NUMERIC='"C"'; export LC_TIME='"C"'; export LC_COLLATE='"C"'; export LC_MONETARY='"C"'; export LC_MESSAGES="C"

The double quotation means the value was fallen back because the user doesn't
specify.
Normally the fallen back locale is same $LANG but the locale C mean the system
doesn't install en_US.UTF-8 correctly.
So you should not specify the double quoted locale by yourself.
Comment 9 v.premkumar 2008-11-26 01:48:39 UTC
All i have done is, took the *rc2.iso and installed it using vmware1.07. No
change.

Note: as said the issue was not there with *rc2.usb on a direct install to Sun
U40 box

tne en_US.UTF-8 locale is there and its contents.

# locale -a | grep en
en_AU.UTF-8
en_CA.UTF-8
en_GB.UTF-8
en_IE.UTF-8
en_MT.UTF-8
en_NZ.UTF-8
en_US.UTF-8
# ls -ald /usr/lib/locale/en*
drwxr-xr-x 10 root bin 14 Nov 25 14:37 /usr/lib/locale/en_AU.UTF-8
drwxr-xr-x 10 root bin 14 Nov 25 14:37 /usr/lib/locale/en_CA.UTF-8
drwxr-xr-x 10 root bin 14 Nov 25 14:37 /usr/lib/locale/en_GB.UTF-8
drwxr-xr-x 10 root bin 14 Nov 25 14:37 /usr/lib/locale/en_IE.UTF-8
drwxr-xr-x 10 root bin 14 Nov 25 14:37 /usr/lib/locale/en_MT.UTF-8
drwxr-xr-x 10 root bin 14 Nov 25 14:37 /usr/lib/locale/en_NZ.UTF-8
drwxr-xr-x 10 root bin 16 Nov 25 16:06 /usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8
# ls /usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8
32  LC_COLLATE  LC_MESSAGES  LC_NUMERIC  LO_LTYPE  geo_map            
locale_map
64  LC_CTYPE    LC_MONETARY  LC_TIME     amd64     locale_description 
methods_en_US.UTF-8.so.3
#
Comment 10 John Rice 2008-11-26 02:18:01 UTC
V - can you switch to other locales and print out the output from locale to see
if they are being set correctly or are falling back as Fujiwara has indicated
to the C locale.
Comment 11 v.premkumar 2008-11-26 02:21:48 UTC
It is not falling back to "C".  after OS install and default login, this issue
occurs and setting LANG="C" solves the issue. ie. choosing "C" from login
language might work fine.

I am doing WFH on a wireless broadband for two days. changing GUI language
change over rdesktop -> VMwareconsole -> OS desktop is slowww..
Comment 12 fujiwara 2008-11-26 02:26:56 UTC
> Note: as said the issue was not there with *rc2.usb on a direct install to Sun
U40 box

Do you mean your issue is the installed system?
Now I tried LiveCD session in both *rc2.iso and *global-rc2.iso with English.
When the gnome-session is started with jack user, the locale is set correctly.
i.e.

$ locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
...

And I could launch packagemanager correctly.
My understanding is, your locale was set correctly with *rc2.usb but not other.

> this issue occurs and setting LANG="C" solves the issue. ie. choosing "C" from login language might work fine.

Yes, setlocale C is always succeeded.
Do you mean your issues depends on VMWare?
Do you have a change to compare with VirtualBox?

My system works with VirtualBox.
Comment 13 Michał Pryć 2008-11-26 02:33:08 UTC
Here is what I found:
On my system, the pkg(1) fails:
migi@opensolaris:~$ locale
LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE=C
LC_NUMERIC=C
LC_TIME=C
LC_COLLATE="C"
LC_MONETARY="C"
LC_MESSAGES=C
LC_ALL=

This works:
migi@opensolaris:~$ locale
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE=C
LC_NUMERIC=C
LC_TIME=C
LC_COLLATE="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES=C
LC_ALL=

So I did truss the pkg(1) and then I found that for de_DE.UTF-8 the file:
+xstat(2, "/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.UTF-8/de_DE.UTF-8.so.3", 0x08046364) = 0

Moving this file causes the same problem as with the sv_SE.UTF-8

Is being checked and it exists, for sv_SE.UTF-8 the corresponding file doesn't
exists:
migi@opensolaris:~$ ls -lah /usr/lib/locale/sv_SE.UTF-8/ |grep so
migi@opensolaris:~$ 

I am not sure what this file is for, but if it doesn't exists, then locale is
not supported and pkg(5) will fail.

The correct solution would be to put those files in? But at the same time we
should catch the ValueError if the locale is not supported and fallback to "C"
so users will have at least working "C" locale version.
Comment 14 fujiwara 2008-11-26 03:22:04 UTC
> The correct solution would be to put those files in? But at the same time we
should catch the ValueError if the locale is not supported and fallback to "C"
so users will have at least working "C" locale version.

Yes, if users removed locale files, they should be installed.
It's my previous mention. Yes, packagemanager can set C locale if setlocale is
failed and it's nice to have because I think many applications effect the wrong
behavior with the wrong locales so fixing packagemanager only doesn't resolve
the root cause.

It seems the submitter has the default system and got the wrong locale.
So I guess it's an installation problem and I'm asking to compare VMware and
VirtualBox.
Comment 15 Qinghua Cheng 2008-11-26 03:30:25 UTC
I just installed the rc2.iso on a Virtualbox.
I got conny@opensolaris:~$ locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
LC_ALL=

I still cannot reproduce this problem. I have no vmware at this moment. My
Vitualbox is 2.0.4, host os is Ubuntu 8.10.
Comment 16 v.premkumar 2008-11-26 03:37:44 UTC
Ok, it might be installed fine on VirtualBox and showed the correct locale.

1. How the same rc2.iso is different on VMware. I am sure VMware doesn't tweak 
anything with OS other than it just uses "Solaris 64-bit" whereas VirtualBox
has 
the option of choosing "OpenSolaris" as OS. Again i don't know what VMware
does.

2. Despite the locale is present, why does it say "en_US.UTF-8: unknown
locale"? and not falling back to "C"? in case if "en_US.UTF-8" files might be
corrupted.
Comment 17 fujiwara 2008-11-26 03:54:05 UTC
OK, probably your issue is VMware + OpenSolaris installer.
Unfortunately I don't understand VMware installation. Previously I tried free
VMware Player but I didn't know the configuration file for OpenSolaris.

I guess your issue can be resolved with VirtualBox at the moment.
Comment 18 fujiwara 2008-11-26 04:07:21 UTC
> 2. Despite the locale is present, why does it say "en_US.UTF-8: unknown
locale"? and not falling back to "C"? in case if "en_US.UTF-8" files might be
corrupted.

Falling back to C depends on each application. It's out of the specification of
setlocale(3C) and most applications stand on the installer will be succeeded.
If you ask only packagemanager will run on the wrong locale, I think it can be
done.
But it's not realistic for every application.

I guess truss command can check which file failed to be opened. I think
normally if LC_CTYPE can be set correctly, setlocale (LC_ALL, "") will be
succeeded.
Actually some libraries are needed in /usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8.
If you copy the files from the correct system to the wrong system, the system
may works fine.
Comment 19 Dave Miner 2008-11-26 06:55:23 UTC
If you believe there is something wrong with the installation, then please do
the following:

- run "pkg verify" to check the installed system against the package metadata
- attach the installation log, /var/sadm/system/logs/install_log from an
installation where this problem is exhibited
Comment 20 v.premkumar 2008-11-26 07:30:11 UTC
This is not VMware specific. i have been using that from b97 onwards. only off
late i used "pkg" for my testing.

Note: will double check with latest RC2.iso on vmware and direct install.

-bash-3.2# cat /etc/release
                          OpenSolaris 2008.11 snv_97 X86
           Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
                        Use is subject to license terms.
                           Assembled 03 September 2008
-bash-3.2# 
-bash-3.2# locale 
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES=C
LC_ALL=
-bash-3.2# 
-bash-3.2# pkg install amp-dev
Creating Plan \
Comment 21 Suresh Chandrasekharan 2008-11-26 08:11:28 UTC
As mentioned in comments the issue is locale shared object
/usr/lib/locale/<locale>/<locale>.so.? not found in the system. Somehow this
file gets removed during/after the installation.

May not be the same, but something similar to 6767074 may be happening.

Just after you install OS check if the locale shared object is present.
Comment 22 v.premkumar 2008-11-26 09:09:51 UTC
in my case, the *.so.* files are there. anything else do i need to check?

$ ls -l `find /usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8 -name "*.so*"`
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      51 Nov 25 14:37
/usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_CTYPE/amd64/wdresolve.so ->
../../../common/LC_CTYPE/amd64/wdresolve_unicode.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      42 Nov 25 14:37
/usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_CTYPE/wdresolve.so ->
../../common/LC_CTYPE/wdresolve_unicode.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      47 Nov 25 14:37
/usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LO_LTYPE/amd64/en_US.UTF-8.layout.so.1 ->
../../../common/LO_LTYPE/amd64/umle.layout.so.1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      38 Nov 25 14:37
/usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LO_LTYPE/en_US.UTF-8.layout.so.1 ->
../../common/LO_LTYPE/umle.layout.so.1
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root bin  2496928 Nov 20 13:23
/usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/amd64/en_US.UTF-8.so.3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      39 Nov 25 14:37
/usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/amd64/methods_en_US.UTF-8.so.3 ->
../../common/amd64/methods_unicode.so.3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      30 Nov 25 14:37
/usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/methods_en_US.UTF-8.so.3 ->
../common/methods_unicode.so.3
$ 
 $ ls -l /usr/lib/locale/common/LC_CTYPE/wdresolve_unicode.so 
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root bin 7692 Nov 20 13:25
/usr/lib/locale/common/LC_CTYPE/wdresolve_unicode.so
$ 
$ ls -l /usr/lib/locale/common/amd64/methods_unicode.so.3    
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root bin 72368 Nov 20 13:25
/usr/lib/locale/common/amd64/methods_unicode.so.3
$ ls -l /usr/lib/locale/common/LO_LTYPE/amd64/umle.layout.so.1
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root bin 489048 Nov 20 13:25
/usr/lib/locale/common/LO_LTYPE/amd64/umle.layout.so.1
$ 
$ ls -l  /usr/lib/locale/common/LO_LTYPE/umle.layout.so.1
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root bin 422656 Nov 20 13:25
/usr/lib/locale/common/LO_LTYPE/umle.layout.so.1
$
Comment 23 John Rice 2008-11-26 23:15:41 UTC
Comment from Fuyuki Hasegawa:

I guess the problem is caused by 3676.
http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=3676
We made the following pkg split at snv_101.
SUNWlang-xxYY were included only in primary CD.

SUNWlang-en -> SUNWlang-en & SUNWlang-enUS
SUNWlang-fr -> SUNWlang-fr & SUNWlang-frFR
SUNWlang-es -> SUNWlang-es & SUNWlang-esES
SUNWlang-de -> SUNWlang-de & SUNWlang-deDE

If that's the cause, the problem should always happen when did
"pkg image-update" from snv_100 or earlier version to snv_101 or
later version. And workaround should be:

pfexec pkg install SUNWlang-enUS SUNWlang-frFR SUNWlang-esES SUNWlang-deDE

I've asked Takeshi to reproduce the problem with image-update from 2008.05
to 2008.11 RC2. If anyone can also reproduce the problem, it would be helpful.

Unlike NV as we don't have package history mechanism (ie, REPLACED_BY=),
the fix/workaround seems to add the following dependency.

package SUNWlang-en
classification "System/Localizations"
import SUNWlang-en
depend SUNWlang-enUS   <---- Insert this line
end package
Comment 24 Takeshi Asano 2008-11-27 02:55:27 UTC
I tried these scenarios:
- On VMware, 2008.05(primary langs CD) -> image-update with current
pkg.opensolaris.org:80 (should contain 101a)
- On VirtualBox, 2008.05 (primary langs CD) -> image update with current
osol-re.sfbay:80 (should contain RC2)
and have not reproduced the problem that en_US.UTF-8 locale is missing.

I'll continue investigation but people who already have system
with the problem could supply these information?
- result of these commands
    $ pkg info SUNWlang-enUS
    $ pkg info SUNWlang-en
    $ pkg info slim_install
    $ ls /usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8.so.3
- if possible, information on your previous BE
    (e.g. if your current one is opensolaris-5)
    # beadm mount opensolaris-4 /a
    # cd /a
    # cat etc/release
    # pkg authority
    # cd /
    # beadm unmount opensolaris-4
- if possible, information on your first BE (usually "opensolaris")
    Do same as above for "opensolaris" instead of "opensolaris-4".
Comment 25 v.premkumar 2008-11-27 03:06:23 UTC
mine is direct install (no upgrade scenario) from internal ISO image using
vmware1.07

Note: doing one install from genunix.org and will udpate this bug

sounds like one file is missing.

root@ejp-152x-107-vm97:~# pkg info SUNWlang-enUS
          Name: SUNWlang-enUS
       Summary: English (U.S.A.) language support
      Category: System/Localizations
         State: Installed
     Authority: opensolaris.org
       Version: 0.5.11
 Build Release: 5.11
        Branch: 0.101
Packaging Date: Wed Nov 19 23:36:10 2008
          Size: 4.75 MB
          FMRI: pkg:/SUNWlang-enUS@0.5.11,5.11-0.101:20081119T233610Z
root@ejp-152x-107-vm97:~# 

root@ejp-152x-107-vm97:~# pkg info SUNWlang-en
          Name: SUNWlang-en
       Summary: English language support
      Category: System/Localizations
         State: Installed
     Authority: opensolaris.org
       Version: 0.5.11
 Build Release: 5.11
        Branch: 0.101
Packaging Date: Wed Nov 19 23:35:46 2008
          Size: 20.94 MB
          FMRI: pkg:/SUNWlang-en@0.5.11,5.11-0.101:20081119T233546Z
root@ejp-152x-107-vm97:~# 

root@ejp-152x-107-vm97:~# pkg info slim_install
          Name: slim_install
       Summary: slim install cluster
         State: Installed
     Authority: opensolaris.org
       Version: 0.1
 Build Release: 5.11
        Branch: 0.101
Packaging Date: Wed Nov 19 23:56:36 2008
          Size: 0.00 B
          FMRI: pkg:/slim_install@0.1,5.11-0.101:20081119T235636Z
root@ejp-152x-107-vm97:~# 
root@ejp-152x-107-vm97:~# ls /usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8.so.3
ls: cannot access /usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8.so.3: No such file or
directory

// i don't know how the above file is missing. though it should have been part
of the following pkg.

root@ejp-152x-107-vm97:~# pkg contents SUNWlang-enUS | grep en_US.UTF-8.so.3
usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/amd64/en_US.UTF-8.so.3
usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/amd64/methods_en_US.UTF-8.so.3
usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8.so.3
usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/methods_en_US.UTF-8.so.3
root@ejp-152x-107-vm97:~# 

so as a work around, re-installing SUNWlang-enUS will solve the issue? doing so
warns about "slim_install" dependency, what is that pkg?
Comment 26 v.premkumar 2008-11-27 03:10:48 UTC
small note: mine is 64-bit install. ie.Solaris 10 64-bit.
Comment 27 v.premkumar 2008-11-27 03:19:24 UTC
is there a way to "--force" install pkg from repository or uninstall ignoring
dependency of non-core-os pkgs? like "--nodeps" uninstall?

pkg needs to be improved with such options.
Comment 28 v.premkumar 2008-11-27 04:11:22 UTC
on the same vmware env, the one which i have installed from genunix.org works
fine. 

don't know whats wrong with internal iso and how that happened.

# cat /etc/release
                       OpenSolaris 2008.11 snv_101b_rc2 X86
           Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
                        Use is subject to license terms.
                           Assembled 19 November 2008
# uname -a
SunOS ejp-152-vm19 5.11 snv_101b i86pc i386 i86pc Solaris
# locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=
# 
root@ejp-152-vm19:~# ls -l /usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8.so.3
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root bin 2482668 2008-11-20 13:23
/usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8.so.3
# 

i think above missing file was the culprit in my earlier case. how to
re-install those pkg?
Comment 29 Takeshi Asano 2008-11-27 17:11:43 UTC
Thank you for the additional information.
Your case seems not related to the package split.

Regarding the workaround, I think reinstalling the SUNWlang-enUS
should work. You can uninstall slim_install to enable it.
However, it's strange that your system has slim_install left.
In 2008.11 RC2 slim_install is uninstalled automatically before
finishing installation (See 3398).
Where did you get the "internal image"?
Maybe the removal mechanism was also not working in your
environment.

slim_install is not an individual package but a cluster
being used for grouping packages at installation.
Comment 30 Takeshi Asano 2008-11-27 20:48:38 UTC
It has been discovered that "slim_install" is left when
using "all languages" CD (aka global CD or babel CD). See 5492.
So if you used the CD for installation, having slim_install
left is problem known and not specific to your case.
Workaround is same as that of 3398, i.e. manually uninstall slim_install.

But this is not related to the "en_US.UTF-8.so.3 is missing" problem,
which is not reproducible using the "all languages CD" too.
Comment 31 David Comay 2008-11-27 22:16:28 UTC
Takeshi, could a separate bug under installer/other be filed (if not already)
on "babel_install" and/or "slim_install" being left on the newly installed
2008.11 system.  Please add "rn4" to the Whiteboard so we can release note
this.
Comment 32 Takeshi Asano 2008-11-27 22:24:17 UTC
5492 is the bug describes slim_install left from install with babel CD.
I moved it to installer/other (from opensolaris/install) and marked rn4.
babel_install is removed correctly but slim_install is left.
Comment 33 Takeshi Asano 2008-11-28 00:00:40 UTC
(a) Regarding the problem en_US.UTF-8, de_DE.UTF-8, es_ES.UTF-8 and
fr_FR.UTF-8 are lost *during image-update*, condition for reproductivity
has been clarified. If image-update to snv100 or older to
snv101 or newer after removing slim_install cluster,
the problem happens. See (and please continue discussion on it if any on) 5473.

(b) Regarding V's case, i.e. en_US.UTF-8.so.3 is missing after
fresh installation but SUNWlang-enUS is installed, I've not
reproduced it. V, if possible could you please reinstall your
VM with the same internal image and see if it reproduces?

(c) Regarding Glynn's case, sv_SE.UTF-8 is not affected by (a)
so I don't know why. You mean you were using the locale
and you no longer see the locale after image-update?

(d) Regarding Wendy's case, it's newly installed system so
looks not related to (a). But you wrote first run of
package manager succeeded while second one failed.
Which operation(s) did you do during the first run?

(e) I cannot determine from information given that
other people's cases are same as which of above, or another one.
Comment 34 Fuyuki Hasegawa 2008-11-30 19:34:43 UTC
(c) Regarding Glynn's case, 
SUNWlang-sv was moved to global CD at sync with snv_100a. So, if Glynn's
system was freshed installed with primary CD snv_100a or later, sv_SE.UTF-8
is not installed as well as after image-update to RC2.
Even if sv_SE.UTF-8 locale is not installed, there are installer l10n files
under /usr/lib/locale/sv_SE.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES.
Comment 35 Padraig O'Briain 2008-12-16 00:37:12 UTC
The blocking bug has been fixed. The only remaining issue is that we should not
throw an exception. This is captured in bug 5778 so I am closing this as a
duplicate of that bug.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 5778 ***