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package tzdata 2018g-0ubuntu0.18.10 failed to install/upgrade: installed tzdata package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 128

Bug #1805058 reported by Furbyslayer on 2018-11-26

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1914875: Use of uninitialized value $ret in string eq at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 134.. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

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

Bug Description

This error seems to occur at every login attempt since the last update cycle.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
Package: tzdata 2018g-0ubuntu0.18.10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-11.12-generic 4.18.12
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-11-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Nov 13 19:41:41 2018
DuplicateSignature:
package:tzdata:2018g-0ubuntu0.18.10
Setting up tzdata (2018g-0ubuntu0.18.10) ...
Use of uninitialized value $ret in string eq at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 134.
dpkg: error processing package tzdata (--configure):
installed tzdata package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 128
ErrorMessage: installed tzdata package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 128
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-11-14 (11 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64 (20181017.3)
PackageArchitecture: all
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.7, python3-minimal, 3.6.7-1~18.10
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu5
apt 1.7.0
SourcePackage: tzdata
Title: package tzdata 2018g-0ubuntu0.18.10 failed to install/upgrade: installed tzdata package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 128
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Furbyslayer (furbyslayer) wrote on 2018-11-26:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (2.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (92.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (99.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (7.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2018-11-26

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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 dpkg terminal log lines:

```
Setting up tzdata (2018g-0ubuntu0.18.10) ...
Use of uninitialized value $ret in string eq at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 134.
dpkg: error processing package tzdata (--configure):
installed tzdata package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 128
```

This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #1800065, 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.