When you run cfdisk (2.11y) on an non-partitioned drive it asks if I want to start with an empty table. I use the Swedish locale (sv_SE) so it prints "(j/N)" instead of "(y/N)", but I can't press 'j' - I have to press 'y'. Later, when I am asked to type "(ja/nej)" (instead of yes/no), it works properly. I don't know if this is specific to the sv_SE locale. Reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: Difficult to reproduce, since you need an empty drive
Did you report this upstream?
No, but if you want me to, I will.
This problem has been fixed upstream in 2.12. I just tested the util-linux-2.12 ebuild and it worked with both sv_SE and da_DK locales.
2.12 is in cvs now