SLES/Docker locale issue caused by missing mkdir /usr/lib/locale and needing to re-start bash

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9f2a7296bd3e:/ # zypper in glibc-i18ndata
9f2a7296bd3e:/ # localedef -v -c -i en_GB -f UTF-8 en_GB.UTF-8
/usr/share/i18n/locales/en_GB:23: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/en_GB:24: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/en_GB:25: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/en_GB:26: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/en_GB:27: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/en_GB:30: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/en_GB:31: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/en_GB:32: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/en_GB:33: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/en_GB:35: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/en_GB:36: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/en_GB:37: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/en_GB:38: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/en_GB:39: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/en_GB:40: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/en_GB:41: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/en_GB:42: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/en_GB:43: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/en_GB:44: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/en_GB:45: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/en_GB:46: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/en_GB:50: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/i18n:1425: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/i18n:1674: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/i18n:1719: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/i18n:1756: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/en_GB:53: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/en_GB:59: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/iso14651_t1:3: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/en_GB:153: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/translit_neutral:10: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/translit_neutral:11: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/translit_neutral:12: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/translit_neutral:13: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/translit_neutral:14: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/translit_neutral:15: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/translit_neutral:16: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/translit_neutral:17: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/en_US:34: non-symbolic character value should not be used
/usr/share/i18n/locales/en_US:40: non-symbolic character value should not be used
LC_NAME: field `name_gen' not defined
LC_ADDRESS: field `country_name' not defined
LC_ADDRESS: field `country_post' not defined
LC_ADDRESS: field `country_isbn' not defined
LC_IDENTIFICATION: field `audience' not defined
LC_IDENTIFICATION: field `application' not defined
LC_IDENTIFICATION: field `abbreviation' not defined
cannot write output files to `(null)': No such file or directory
9f2a7296bd3e:/ # localedef  -c -i en_GB -f UTF-8 en_GB.UTF-8
cannot write output files to `(null)': No such file or directory
9f2a7296bd3e:/usr/share/i18n # strace localedef --list-archive
execve("/usr/bin/localedef", ["localedef", "--list-archive"], [/* 60 vars */]) = 0
brk(0)                                  = 0x1f2a000
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fd50b6c3000
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=34896, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 34896, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7fd50b6ba000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib64/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0000\34\2\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1979344, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 3832352, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7fd50b0fc000
mprotect(0x7fd50b29a000, 2097152, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7fd50b49a000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x19e000) = 0x7fd50b49a000
mmap(0x7fd50b4a0000, 14880, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fd50b4a0000
close(3)                                = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fd50b6b9000
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fd50b6b8000
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fd50b6b7000
arch_prctl(ARCH_SET_FS, 0x7fd50b6b8700) = 0
mprotect(0x7fd50b49a000, 16384, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x646000, 4096, PROT_READ)     = 0
mprotect(0x7fd50b6c4000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
munmap(0x7fd50b6ba000, 34896)           = 0
brk(0)                                  = 0x1f2a000
brk(0x1f4b000)                          = 0x1f4b000
open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/locale.alias", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_GB.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_GB.utf8/LC_MESSAGES", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en.utf8/LC_MESSAGES", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_GB.UTF-8/LC_CTYPE", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_GB.utf8/LC_CTYPE", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_GB/LC_CTYPE", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en.UTF-8/LC_CTYPE", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en.utf8/LC_CTYPE", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en/LC_CTYPE", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
exit_group(0)                           = ?
+++ exited with 0 +++
9f2a7296bd3e:/usr/share/i18n # mkdir /usr/lib/locale
9f2a7296bd3e:/usr/share/i18n # localedef -c -i en_GB -f UTF-8 en_GB.UTF-8
9f2a7296bd3e:/usr/share/i18n # LC_ALL=en_GB.UTF-8
bash: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (en_GB.UTF-8)
9f2a7296bd3e:/usr/share/i18n # bash -l
Directory: /usr/share/i18n
Wed  1 Feb 16:57:01 UTC 2017
9f2a7296bd3e:/usr/share/i18n # LC_ALL=en_GB.UTF-8

Hurrah!

9f2a7296bd3e:/usr/share/i18n # logout