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package tzdata 2015a-0ubuntu0.14.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128

Bug #1419139 reported by Tai Kedzierski on 2015-02-06

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1648556: package tzdata 2016j-0ubuntu0.16.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128. Edit Remove

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	tzdata (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Automatic update prompted for updates, agreed in GUI and ran update

Immediate fail/crash ; I am coming here from the reporting interface.

Network connectivity was fine at that time, system load low, nothing else to report...

This also happened with another package just previously, a kernel image package I think. Forgot to note it.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: tzdata 2015a-0ubuntu0.14.04
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-44.73-generic 3.13.11-ckt12
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-44-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Feb 6 20:14:52 2015
DuplicateSignature: package:tzdata:2015a-0ubuntu0.14.04:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-19 (110 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: tzdata
Title: package tzdata 2015a-0ubuntu0.14.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Tai Kedzierski (dch-tai) wrote on 2015-02-06:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (762 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (734 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (682 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (206.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (2.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2015-02-06

tags:

removed: need-duplicate-check

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2015-02-14:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in tzdata (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Benjamin Drung (bdrung) wrote on 2023-01-10:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

Relevant log lines:

```
Setting up tzdata (2015a-0ubuntu0.14.04) ...
Use of uninitialized value $reply in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 66.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 67.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 68.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 66.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 67.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 68.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 66.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 67.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 68.
Use of uninitialized value $ret in string eq at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 109.
dpkg: error processing package tzdata (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
```

This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #1648556, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.