package emacspeak 28.0-6 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

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Binary package hint: emacspeak

- package emacspeak 28.0-6 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
- Ubuntu 9.04 - the Jaunty Jackalope - released in April 2009
- i386

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: emacspeak 28.0-6
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: emacspeak
Title: package emacspeak 28.0-6 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-14-generic i686

[era (era)]

Quoting the attached DpkgTerminalLog.txt:
> Setting up emacspeak (28.0-6) ...
> Use of uninitialized value $ret in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 132, <STDIN> line 89.
> Use of uninitialized value $ret in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 133, <STDIN> line 89.
> Use of uninitialized value $ret[0] in string eq at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 134, <STDIN> line 89.
> Use of uninitialized value $ret in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 132, <STDIN> line 89.
> Use of uninitialized value $ret in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 133, <STDIN> line 89.
> Use of uninitialized value $ret[0] in string eq at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 134, <STDIN> line 89.
> Use of uninitialized value $port in string eq at /var/lib/dpkg/info/emacspeak.config line 181, <STDIN> line 89.
> Use of uninitialized value $port in -c at /var/lib/dpkg/info/emacspeak.config line 181, <STDIN> line 89.
> Use of uninitialized value $_[2] in join or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 121, <STDIN> line 89.
> Use of uninitialized value $ret in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 132, <STDIN> line 89.
> Use of uninitialized value $ret in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 133, <STDIN> line 89.
> Use of uninitialized value $ret[0] in string eq at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 134, <STDIN> line 89.
> Use of uninitialized value $ret in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 132, <STDIN> line 89.
> Use of uninitialized value $ret in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 133, <STDIN> line 89.
> Use of uninitialized value $ret[0] in string eq at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 134, <STDIN> line 89.
> Use of uninitialized value $ret in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 132, <STDIN> line 89.
> Use of uninitialized value $ret in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 133, <ST

On the face of it, these look like problems with Debconf. Did you by any chance run out of disk space during installation? Does reinstalling emacspeak resolve anything for you?

[era (era)]

Possibly related: http://bugs.debian.org/522629

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!