package debconf 1.5.21 failed to install/upgrade:

[mabovo]

Binary package hint: debconf

failed to install. Sources list corrupted.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri May 30 14:15:10 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage:
 ErrorMessage: pacote debconf já está instalado e configurado
Package: debconf 1.5.21
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: debconf
Title: package debconf 1.5.21 failed to install/upgrade:
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-17-generic i686

[Albert Damen (albrt)]

Thanks for reporting this bug.

The log files show:
Preparando para substituir debconf 1.5.20 (usando .../debconf_1.5.21_all.deb) ...

xargs: xargs.c:443: main: Afirmação `bc_ctl.arg_max <= (131072-2048)' falhou.

Aborted

This is a bug in xargs from the package findutils, reported as bug 234345. I will mark this bug as duplicate.