Is there a reason why we don't set LANG=C in our scripts ? A buildinstall run takes up to 2 minutes less and I don't see any reasons to run the scripts with LANG=en_US.UTF-8 Karsten -- Karsten Hopp <karsten@xxxxxxxxx> GPG 1024D/70ABD02C Fingerprint D2D4 3B6B 2DE4 464C A432 210A DFF8 A140 70AB D02C Red Hat Deutschland, Hauptstaetter Str.58 70178 Stuttgart, Tel.+49-711-96437-0, Fax +49-711-96437-111