I've just run the same version of localedef on 2.6.22-14, where it runs
fine, and on 2.6.22-15, where it hangs.

Here's the output of "strace localedef" immediately before it hung:

1218150691.384821 creat("/usr/lib/locale/en_NZ.utf8/LC_CTYPE", 0666) = 3
1218150691.403450 writev(3, [{"\x15\x11\x03\x20\x58\x00\x00\x00", 8}, 
{"\x68\x01\x00\x00\x68\x04\x00\x00\x68\x0a\x00\x00\x68\x0a"..., 352}, 
{"\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"..., 768}, 
{"\x80\x00\x00\x00\x81\x00\x00\x00\x82\x00\x00\x00\x83\x00"..., 1536}, {NULL, 
0}, {"\x80\x00\x00\x00\x81\x00\x00\x00\x82\x00\x00\x00\x83\x00"..., 1536}, 
{NULL, 0}, {"\x00\x00\x02\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x00\x00"..., 
1024}, {NULL, 0}, {NULL, 0}, {NULL, 0}, {NULL, 0}, {"\x75\x70\x70\x65\x72\x00", 
6}, {"\x6c\x6f\x77\x65\x72\x00", 6}, {"\x61\x6c\x70\x68\x61\x00", 6}, 
{"\x64\x69\x67\x69\x74\x00", 6}, {"\x78\x64\x69\x67\x69\x74\x00", 7}, 
{"\x73\x70\x61\x63\x65\x00", 6}, {"\x70\x72\x69\x6e\x74\x00", 6}, 
{"\x67\x72\x61\x70\x68\x00", 6}, {"\x62\x6c\x61\x6e\x6b\x00", 6}, 
{"\x63\x6e\x74\x72\x6c\x00", 6}, {"\x70\x75\x6e\x63\x74\x00", 6}, 
{"\x61\x6c\x6e\x75\x6d\x00", 6}, {"\x63\x6f\x6d\x62\x69\x6e\x69\x6e\x67\x00", 
10}, {"\x63\x6f\x6d\x62\x69\x6e\x69\x6e\x67\x5f\x6c\x65\x76\x65"..., 17}, 
{"\x00\x00\x00\x00", 4}, {"\x74\x6f\x75\x70\x70\x65\x72\x00", 8}, 
{"\x74\x6f\x6c\x6f\x77\x65\x72\x00", 8}, {"\x74\x6f\x74\x69\x74\x6c\x65\x00", 
8}, {"\x00\x00\x00\x00", 4}, 
{"\x10\x00\x00\x00\x11\x00\x00\x00\x07\x00\x00\x00\xff\x01"..., 25560}, ...], 
125

Note the "{NULL, 0}" elements.

Now it's a matter of getting a suitable kernel patch.

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Gutsy->Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef
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