package update-manager 1:0.87.27 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Bug #248195 reported by Patrik Roth
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update-manager (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: update-manager

root@patrik-laptop:~# apt-get update
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release.gpg
Ign http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release.gpg
Ign http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security Release
Ign http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Sources
Ign http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Sources
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Packages
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Sources
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Sources
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Sources
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Sources
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Packages
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Sources
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/multiverse Packages
Reading package lists... Done
root@patrik-laptop:~# apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  idle: Depends: python (= 2.5.2-1ubuntu1) but 2.5.2-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
  libhtml-parser-perl: Depends: perlapi-5.10.0
  libperl5.10: Depends: perl-base (= 5.10.0-11) but 5.8.8-12 is to be installed
  perl: Depends: perl-base (= 5.10.0-11) but 5.8.8-12 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
root@patrik-laptop:~# do-release-upgrade -d
Checking for a new ubuntu release
Done Upgrade tool signature
Done Upgrade tool
Done downloading
extracting 'intrepid.tar.gz'
authenticate 'intrepid.tar.gz' against 'intrepid.tar.gz.gpg'

Reading cache

Checking package manager
Reading package lists: Done
Reading state information: Done
Reading state information: Done
Reading state information: Done
Installing perl-base as dep of perl
Installing python as dep of idle
Installing python-minimal as dep of python
Starting
Starting 2
Investigating libgtk2-perl
Package libgtk2-perl has broken dep on libgtk2.0-0
  Considering libgtk2.0-0 779 as a solution to libgtk2-perl 4
  Re-Instated libcupsys2
  Re-Instated libcups2
  Re-Instated libglib2.0-0
  Re-Instated libpango1.0-common
  Re-Instated libxcb-render0
  Re-Instated libxcb-render-util0
  Re-Instated libcairo2
  Re-Instated libpango1.0-0
  Re-Instated libgtk2.0-0
  Re-Instated libgtk2-perl
Investigating libpurple0
Package libpurple0 has broken dep on pidgin-data
  Considering pidgin-data 10 as a solution to libpurple0 3
  Re-Instated pidgin-data
  Re-Instated libgadu3
  Re-Instated libsilc-1.1-2
  Re-Instated libpurple0
Investigating libperl5.8
Package libperl5.8 has broken dep on perl-base
  Considering perl-base 5276 as a solution to libperl5.8 3
  Removing libperl5.8 rather than change perl-base
Investigating gtk2-engines-pixbuf
Package gtk2-engines-pixbuf has broken dep on libgtk2.0-0
  Considering libgtk2.0-0 779 as a solution to gtk2-engines-pixbuf 3
  Re-Instated gtk2-engines-pixbuf
Investigating libgnome2-perl
Package libgnome2-perl has broken dep on libpopt0
  Considering libpopt0 291 as a solution to libgnome2-perl 1
  Re-Instated libpopt0
  Re-Instated libgnome2-perl
Investigating libgtk2.0-0
Package libgtk2.0-0 has broken dep on libgail18
  Considering libgail18 73 as a solution to libgtk2.0-0 779
  Considering libgail18 73 as a solution to libgtk2.0-0 779
  Added libgail18 to the remove list
  Fixing libgtk2.0-0 via remove of libgail18
Investigating libgnomecanvas2-0
Package libgnomecanvas2-0 has broken dep on libgail18
  Considering libgail18 73 as a solution to libgnomecanvas2-0 243
  Added libgail18 to the remove list
  Fixing libgnomecanvas2-0 via keep of libgail18
Investigating libsnmp15
Package libsnmp15 has broken dep on libperl5.8
  Considering libperl5.8 3 as a solution to libsnmp15 4
  Added libperl5.8 to the remove list
  Fixing libsnmp15 via keep of libperl5.8
Investigating libperl5.8
Package libperl5.8 has broken dep on perl-base
  Considering perl-base 5276 as a solution to libperl5.8 3
  Removing libperl5.8 rather than change perl-base
Investigating libgtk2.0-0
Package libgtk2.0-0 has broken dep on libgail18
  Considering libgail18 73 as a solution to libgtk2.0-0 779
  Considering libgail18 73 as a solution to libgtk2.0-0 779
  Added libgail18 to the remove list
  Fixing libgtk2.0-0 via remove of libgail18
Investigating libgnomecanvas2-0
Package libgnomecanvas2-0 has broken dep on libgail18
  Considering libgail18 779 as a solution to libgnomecanvas2-0 243
  Re-Instated libgnomecanvas2-0
Investigating libgail-common
Package libgail-common has broken dep on libgail18
  Considering libgail18 779 as a solution to libgail-common 66
  Re-Instated libgail18
  Re-Instated libgail-common
Investigating libsnmp15
Package libsnmp15 has broken dep on libperl5.8
  Considering libperl5.8 3 as a solution to libsnmp15 4
  Added libperl5.8 to the remove list
  Fixing libsnmp15 via keep of libperl5.8
Investigating libperl5.8
Package libperl5.8 has broken dep on perl-base
  Considering perl-base 5276 as a solution to libperl5.8 4
  Removing libperl5.8 rather than change perl-base
Investigating libgtk2.0-0
Package libgtk2.0-0 has broken dep on libgail18
  Considering libgail18 779 as a solution to libgtk2.0-0 779
  Holding Back libgtk2.0-0 rather than change libgail18
Investigating libgnomecanvas2-0
Package libgnomecanvas2-0 has broken dep on libgtk2.0-0
  Considering libgtk2.0-0 779 as a solution to libgnomecanvas2-0 243
  Holding Back libgnomecanvas2-0 rather than change libgtk2.0-0
Investigating libsnmp15
Package libsnmp15 has broken dep on libperl5.8
  Considering libperl5.8 5276 as a solution to libsnmp15 4
  Re-Instated libsnmp15
Investigating libgtk2-perl
Package libgtk2-perl has broken dep on libgtk2.0-0
  Considering libgtk2.0-0 779 as a solution to libgtk2-perl 4
  Removing libgtk2-perl rather than change libgtk2.0-0
Investigating gtk2-engines-pixbuf
Package gtk2-engines-pixbuf has broken dep on libgtk2.0-0
  Considering libgtk2.0-0 779 as a solution to gtk2-engines-pixbuf 3
  Holding Back gtk2-engines-pixbuf rather than change libgtk2.0-0
Investigating pidgin
Package pidgin has broken dep on libgtk2.0-0
  Considering libgtk2.0-0 779 as a solution to pidgin 2
    Reinst Failed because of libgtk2.0-0
  Removing pidgin rather than change libgtk2.0-0
Investigating libgnome2-canvas-perl
Package libgnome2-canvas-perl has broken dep on libgtk2-perl
  Considering libgtk2-perl 779 as a solution to libgnome2-canvas-perl 2
    Reinst Failed because of libgtk2-perl
  Removing libgnome2-canvas-perl rather than change libgtk2-perl
Investigating libgnome2-perl
Package libgnome2-perl has broken dep on libgtk2-perl
  Considering libgtk2-perl 779 as a solution to libgnome2-perl 1
  Removing libgnome2-perl rather than change libgtk2-perl
Investigating ubuntu-desktop
Package ubuntu-desktop has broken dep on libgnome2-perl
  Considering libgnome2-perl 779 as a solution to ubuntu-desktop 0
    Reinst Failed because of libgnome2-perl
  Removing ubuntu-desktop rather than change libgnome2-perl
Investigating pidgin-otr
Package pidgin-otr has broken dep on pidgin
  Considering pidgin 779 as a solution to pidgin-otr 0
  Re-Instated libotr2
    Reinst Failed because of pidgin
  Removing pidgin-otr rather than change pidgin
Done
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release.gpg
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release.gpg
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security Release.gpg
Done http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates Release
Done http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release
Done http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security Release
Done http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security Release
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Packages
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Sources
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Sources
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Sources
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Sources
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Packages
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Packages
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Sources
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/multiverse Packages
Done downloading
Reading package lists: Done
Reading state information: Done
Reading state information: Done
Reading state information: Done

Updating repository information
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release.gpg
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release.gpg
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release
Done http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release
Done http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates Release
Done http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Sources
Done http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security Release
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Packages
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Sources
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Sources
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Sources
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Sources
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Packages
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Packages
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Sources
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/multiverse Packages
Done downloading

Checking package manager
Reading package lists: Done
Reading state information: Done
Reading state information: Done
Reading state information: Done

Calculating the changes

Do you want to start the upgrade?

16 packages are going to be removed. 94 new packages are going to be
installed. 938 packages are going to be upgraded.

Fetching and installing the upgrade can take several hours. Once the
download has finished, the process cannot be cancelled.

 Continue [yN] Details [d]y

Fetching
Done downloading

Upgrading
Done downloading
Extracting templates from packages: 100%
Preconfiguring packages ...
Extracting templates from packages: 100%
Preconfiguring packages ...
Setting up base-passwd (3.5.18) ...
Can't locate Pod/Usage.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8 /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.8 /usr/share/perl/5.8 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /usr/sbin/install-docs line 18.
Global symbol "$opt_rootdir" requires explicit package name at /usr/sbin/install-docs line 136.
Execution of /usr/sbin/install-docs aborted due to compilation errors.
dpkg: error processing base-passwd (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9
Errors were encountered while processing:
 base-passwd

Could not install the upgrades

The upgrade aborts now. Your system could be in an unusable state. A
recovery will run now (dpkg --configure -a).

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libperl5.10:
 libperl5.10 depends on perl-base (= 5.10.0-11); however:
  Version of perl-base on system is 5.8.8-12.
dpkg: error processing libperl5.10 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up base-passwd (3.5.18) ...
Can't locate Pod/Usage.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8 /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.8 /usr/share/perl/5.8 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /usr/sbin/install-docs line 18.
Global symbol "$opt_rootdir" requires explicit package name at /usr/sbin/install-docs line 136.
Execution of /usr/sbin/install-docs aborted due to compilation errors.
dpkg: error processing base-passwd (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9
Setting up python-numpy (1:1.0.4-6ubuntu3) ...
pycentral: pycentral pkginstall: not overwriting local files
pycentral pkginstall: not overwriting local files
dpkg: error processing python-numpy (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of perl:
 perl depends on perl-base (= 5.10.0-11); however:
  Version of perl-base on system is 5.8.8-12.
dpkg: error processing perl (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libhtml-parser-perl:
 libhtml-parser-perl depends on perl (>= 5.10.0-10); however:
  Package perl is not configured yet.
 libhtml-parser-perl depends on perlapi-5.10.0; however:
  Package perlapi-5.10.0 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing libhtml-parser-perl (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up blt (2.4z-4ubuntu3) ...
Can't locate Pod/Usage.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8 /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.8 /usr/share/perl/5.8 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /usr/sbin/install-docs line 18.
Global symbol "$opt_rootdir" requires explicit package name at /usr/sbin/install-docs line 136.
Execution of /usr/sbin/install-docs aborted due to compilation errors.
dpkg: error processing blt (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libhtml-tagset-perl:
 libhtml-tagset-perl depends on perl (>= 5.6.0-16); however:
  Package perl is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libhtml-tagset-perl (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of idle:
 idle depends on python (= 2.5.2-1ubuntu1); however:
  Version of python on system is 2.5.2-0ubuntu1.
dpkg: error processing idle (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-tk:
 python-tk depends on blt (>= 2.4z); however:
  Package blt is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing python-tk (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of perl-modules:
 perl-modules depends on perl (>= 5.10.0-1); however:
  Package perl is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing perl-modules (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-scipy:
 python-scipy depends on python-numpy (>= 1:1.0.2); however:
  Package python-numpy is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing python-scipy (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libwww-perl:
 libwww-perl depends on libdigest-md5-perl; however:
  Package libdigest-md5-perl is not installed.
  Package perl which provides libdigest-md5-perl is not configured yet.
 libwww-perl depends on libhtml-parser-perl (>= 3.33); however:
  Package libhtml-parser-perl is not configured yet.
 libwww-perl depends on libhtml-tagset-perl; however:
  Package libhtml-tagset-perl is not configured yet.
 libwww-perl depends on libmime-base64-perl (>= 2.1) | perl (>= 5.8); however:
  Package libmime-base64-perl is not installed.
  Package perl is not configured yet.
 libwww-perl depends on libnet-perl (>= 1:1.09) | perl (>= 5.8.1); however:
  Package libnet-perl is not installed.
  Package perl is not configured yet.
 libwww-perl depends on perl (>= 5.6.0-16); however:
  Package perl is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libwww-perl (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libperl5.10
 base-passwd
 python-numpy
 perl
 libhtml-parser-perl
 blt
 libhtml-tagset-perl
 idle
 python-tk
 perl-modules
 python-scipy
 libwww-perl

Upgrade complete

The upgrade is completed but there were errors during the ugprade
process.

Could not install the upgrades

The upgrade aborts now. Your system could be in an unusable state. A
recovery will run now (dpkg --configure -a).

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libperl5.10:
 libperl5.10 depends on perl-base (= 5.10.0-11); however:
  Version of perl-base on system is 5.8.8-12.
dpkg: error processing libperl5.10 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up base-passwd (3.5.18) ...
Can't locate Pod/Usage.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8 /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.8 /usr/share/perl/5.8 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /usr/sbin/install-docs line 18.
Global symbol "$opt_rootdir" requires explicit package name at /usr/sbin/install-docs line 136.
Execution of /usr/sbin/install-docs aborted due to compilation errors.
dpkg: error processing base-passwd (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9
Setting up python-numpy (1:1.0.4-6ubuntu3) ...
pycentral: pycentral pkginstall: not overwriting local files
pycentral pkginstall: not overwriting local files
dpkg: error processing python-numpy (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of perl:
 perl depends on perl-base (= 5.10.0-11); however:
  Version of perl-base on system is 5.8.8-12.
dpkg: error processing perl (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libhtml-parser-perl:
 libhtml-parser-perl depends on perl (>= 5.10.0-10); however:
  Package perl is not configured yet.
 libhtml-parser-perl depends on perlapi-5.10.0; however:
  Package perlapi-5.10.0 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing libhtml-parser-perl (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up blt (2.4z-4ubuntu3) ...
Can't locate Pod/Usage.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8 /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.8 /usr/share/perl/5.8 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /usr/sbin/install-docs line 18.
Global symbol "$opt_rootdir" requires explicit package name at /usr/sbin/install-docs line 136.
Execution of /usr/sbin/install-docs aborted due to compilation errors.
dpkg: error processing blt (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libhtml-tagset-perl:
 libhtml-tagset-perl depends on perl (>= 5.6.0-16); however:
  Package perl is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libhtml-tagset-perl (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of idle:
 idle depends on python (= 2.5.2-1ubuntu1); however:
  Version of python on system is 2.5.2-0ubuntu1.
dpkg: error processing idle (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-tk:
 python-tk depends on blt (>= 2.4z); however:
  Package blt is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing python-tk (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of perl-modules:
 perl-modules depends on perl (>= 5.10.0-1); however:
  Package perl is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing perl-modules (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-scipy:
 python-scipy depends on python-numpy (>= 1:1.0.2); however:
  Package python-numpy is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing python-scipy (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libwww-perl:
 libwww-perl depends on libdigest-md5-perl; however:
  Package libdigest-md5-perl is not installed.
  Package perl which provides libdigest-md5-perl is not configured yet.
 libwww-perl depends on libhtml-parser-perl (>= 3.33); however:
  Package libhtml-parser-perl is not configured yet.
 libwww-perl depends on libhtml-tagset-perl; however:
  Package libhtml-tagset-perl is not configured yet.
 libwww-perl depends on libmime-base64-perl (>= 2.1) | perl (>= 5.8); however:
  Package libmime-base64-perl is not installed.
  Package perl is not configured yet.
 libwww-perl depends on libnet-perl (>= 1:1.09) | perl (>= 5.8.1); however:
  Package libnet-perl is not installed.
  Package perl is not configured yet.
 libwww-perl depends on perl (>= 5.6.0-16); however:
  Package perl is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libwww-perl (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libperl5.10
 base-passwd
 python-numpy
 perl
 libhtml-parser-perl
 blt
 libhtml-tagset-perl
 idle
 python-tk
 perl-modules
 python-scipy
 libwww-perl

Upgrade complete

The upgrade is completed but there were errors during the ugprade
process.

root@patrik-laptop:~# exit

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Jul 13 20:41:59 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Package: update-manager 1:0.87.27
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: package update-manager 1:0.87.27 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686

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