package update-manager 1:0.87.30 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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Binary package hint: update-manager

During upgrade from gutsy to hardy, hangs running localedef, had to kill process 30659 (see below ps -edalf dump) to get going again. Couple of times, also for other locales:

0 S root 30644 2373 0 78 0 - 984 wait 01:26 pts/1 00:00:00 /bin/sh -e /var/lib/dpkg/info/language-support-writing-en.postinst configure
0 S root 30645 30644 0 80 0 - 983 wait 01:26 pts/1 00:00:00 /bin/sh -e /usr/share/locales/install-language-pack en
0 S root 30646 30645 0 85 0 - 984 wait 01:26 pts/1 00:00:00 /bin/sh /usr/sbin/locale-gen --no-purge en
1 S root 30659 30646 0 82 0 - 984 wait 01:26 pts/1 00:00:00 /bin/sh /usr/sbin/locale-gen --no-purge en
0 D root 30688 30659 3 85 0 - 23461 - 01:26 pts/1 00:00:01 localedef --no-archive --magic=20051014 -i en_AU -c -f UTF-8 en_AU.UTF-8
0 Z root 30689 30688 0 85 0 - 0 exit 01:26 pts/1 00:00:00 [gzip] <defunct>

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Sep 10 01:30:03 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: update-manager 1:0.87.30
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: package update-manager 1:0.87.30 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Uname: Linux 2.6.22-15-generic x86_64