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package tzdata 2015g-0ubuntu0.15.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128

Bug #1513549 reported by Ted Rypma on 2015-11-05

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 1 person

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

Bug Description

No further information - updates fail.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: tzdata 2015g-0ubuntu0.15.04
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-31.36-generic 3.19.8-ckt7
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-31-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Oct 31 21:32:56 2015
DuplicateSignature: package:tzdata:2015g-0ubuntu0.15.04:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-08-15 (81 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.17.25ubuntu1
apt 1.0.9.7ubuntu4.2
SourcePackage: tzdata
Title: package tzdata 2015g-0ubuntu0.15.04 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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Ted Rypma (i-ted) wrote on 2015-11-05:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (882 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (579 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (245.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (10.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (3.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JournalErrors.txt Edit (13.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2015-12-15

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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 (2015g-0ubuntu0.15.04) ...
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.