g42:~ tgl$ ls -lR /usr/share/locale/en_US.UTF-8
total 40
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 28 Apr 26 2006 LC_COLLATE -> ../
la_LN.US-ASCII/LC_COLLATE
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 17 Apr 26 2006 LC_CTYPE -> ../UTF-8/
LC_CTYPE
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Mar 20 2005 LC_MESSAGES
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 30 Apr 26 2006 LC_MONETARY -> ../
en_US.ISO8859-1/LC_MONETARY
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 29 Apr 26 2006 LC_NUMERIC -> ../
en_US.ISO8859-1/LC_NUMERIC
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 26 Apr 26 2006 LC_TIME -> ../
en_US.ISO8859-1/LC_TIME
/usr/share/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES:
total 8
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 45 Apr 26 2006 LC_MESSAGES -> ../../
en_US.ISO8859-1/LC_MESSAGES/LC_MESSAGES
g42:~ tgl$ ls -lLR /usr/share/locale/en_US.UTF-8
total 200
-r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 4642 Mar 20 2005 LC_COLLATE
-r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 80744 Mar 20 2005 LC_CTYPE
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Mar 20 2005 LC_MESSAGES
-r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 34 Mar 20 2005 LC_MONETARY
-r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 8 Mar 20 2005 LC_NUMERIC
-r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 377 Mar 20 2005 LC_TIME
/usr/share/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES:
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 18 Mar 20 2005 LC_MESSAGES
I'm wondering if some of those files are missing, or the symlinks are
dangling, on yours.
Hmmm..... here is what I have. Looks pretty similar....
gridmac7:~ schwarzer$ ls -lR /usr/share/locale/en_US.UTF-8
total 40
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 28 Dec 19 15:24 LC_COLLATE -> ../la_LN.US-
ASCII/LC_COLLATE
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 17 Dec 19 15:24 LC_CTYPE -> ../UTF-8/
LC_CTYPE
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Dec 19 15:24 LC_MESSAGES
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 30 Dec 19 15:24 LC_MONETARY -> ../
en_US.ISO8859-1/LC_MONETARY
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 29 Dec 19 15:24 LC_NUMERIC -> ../
en_US.ISO8859-1/LC_NUMERIC
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 26 Dec 19 15:24 LC_TIME -> ../
en_US.ISO8859-1/LC_TIME
/usr/share/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES:
total 8
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 45 Dec 19 15:24 LC_MESSAGES -> ../../
en_US.ISO8859-1/LC_MESSAGES/LC_MESSAGES
gridmac7:~ schwarzer$ ls -lLR /usr/share/locale/en_US.UTF-8
total 192
-r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 2086 Sep 24 03:38 LC_COLLATE
-r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 80752 Sep 24 03:38 LC_CTYPE
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Dec 19 15:24 LC_MESSAGES
-r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 34 Sep 24 03:38 LC_MONETARY
-r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 8 Sep 24 03:38 LC_NUMERIC
-r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 377 Sep 24 03:39 LC_TIME
/usr/share/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES:
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 18 Sep 24 03:38 LC_MESSAGES
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