LC_ADDRESS: terminology language code `eo' not defined

[Joey Stanford]

Binary package hint: language-pack-eo-base

When installing language-pack-eo-base on Intrepid, you are presented with this error:

Setting up language-pack-eo-base (1:8.10+20081025) ...
Generating locales...
  eo_US.UTF-8... LC_ADDRESS: terminology language code `eo' not defined
failed

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joey@c14n:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10

joey@c14n:~$ apt-cache policy language-pack-eo-base
language-pack-eo-base:
  Installed: 1:8.10+20081025
  Candidate: 1:8.10+20081025
  Version table:
 *** 1:8.10+20081025 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Narcis Garcia (narcisgarcia)]

This error also affected to me in a Ubuntu 8.04.2 Server (Hardy Heron):

Sélection du paquet language-pack-eo-base précédemment désélectionné.
(Lecture de la base de données... 19792 fichiers et répertoires déjà installés.)
Dépaquetage de language-pack-eo-base (à partir de .../language-pack-eo-base_1%3a8.04+20090105_all.deb) ...
Sélection du paquet language-pack-eo précédemment désélectionné.
Dépaquetage de language-pack-eo (à partir de .../language-pack-eo_1%3a8.04+20090105.1_all.deb) ...
Paramétrage de language-pack-eo (1:8.04+20090105.1) ...
Paramétrage de language-pack-eo-base (1:8.04+20090105) ...
Generating locales...
  eo_US.UTF-8... LC_ADDRESS: terminology language code `eo' not defined
failed
  eo.UTF-8... done
Generation complete.

[Jacob Nordfalk (jacob-nordfalk)]

Just upgraded from 9.10 to 10.04. I got the same error:

Sætter language-pack-eo-base (1:10.04+20100422) op...
Generating locales...
  eo_US.UTF-8... LC_ADDRESS: terminology language code `eo' not defined
failed
  eo.UTF-8... done
Generation complete.

[David Raymond Christiansen (david-davidchristiansen)]

I just saw this error in 12.04. It can be repeated by running sudo locale-gen, which gives the following output:

Generating locales...
  da_DK.UTF-8... done
  en_AG.UTF-8... done
  en_AU.UTF-8... done
  en_BW.UTF-8... done
  en_CA.UTF-8... done
  en_DK.UTF-8... done
  en_GB.UTF-8... done
  en_HK.UTF-8... done
  en_IE.UTF-8... done
  en_IN.UTF-8... done
  en_NG.UTF-8... done
  en_NZ.UTF-8... done
  en_PH.UTF-8... done
  en_SG.UTF-8... done
  en_US.UTF-8... done
  en_ZA.UTF-8... done
  en_ZM.UTF-8... done
  en_ZW.UTF-8... done
  eo_US.UTF-8... LC_ADDRESS: terminology language code `eo' not defined
failed
  eo.UTF-8... done
  sv_FI.UTF-8... up-to-date
  sv_SE.UTF-8... up-to-date
Generation complete.

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release: 12.04

$ apt-cache policy language-pack-eo-base
language-pack-eo-base:
  Instalita: 1:12.04+20120417
  Kandidata: 1:12.04+20120417
  Version table:
 *** 1:12.04+20120417 0
        500 http://dk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Tom K. C. Chiu (tomchiukc)]

Is it related to something glibc or other system files bug?

[Tom K. C. Chiu (tomchiukc)]

This bug is still present in 14.10. The failed locale is eo_US.UTF-8 and eo.UTF-8, with the same error. I just add this new language via the GUI.

[Tom K. C. Chiu (tomchiukc)]

tom@bkgovsrv1:/usr/share/locales$ sudo /usr/sbin/locale-gen --lang eo
Generating locales...
  eo_US.UTF-8... LC_ADDRESS: terminology language code `eo' not defined
failed
  eo.UTF-8... done
Generation complete.
tom@bkgovsrv1:/usr/share/locales$

[Joey Stanford (joey)]

I think it's now covered by https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14943