debconf: Unable to load Debconf::Element::Gnome::String. Failed because: Can't locate I18N/Langinfo.pm

[HarshadLad]

Binary package hint: update-manager

experience while upgrading from 8.04 to 8.10

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited unexpectedly

Package: update-manager 1:0.93.34
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-26-server i686

Error from term.log
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Setting up libpam0g (1.0.1-4ubuntu5.6) ...
Checking for services that may need to be restarted...
Checking for services that may need to be restarted...Checking init scripts...
debconf: Unable to load Debconf::Element::Gnome::String. Failed because: Can't locate I18N/Langinfo.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/share/perl5/Debconf/Element/Gnome.pm line 7, <GEN1> line 4.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Element/Gnome.pm line 7, <GEN1> line 4.
Compilation failed in require at (eval 23) line 3, <GEN1> line 4.
 ...propagated at /usr/share/perl/5.8/base.pm line 84, <GEN1> line 4.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Element/Gnome/String.pm line 10, <GEN1> line 4.
Compilation failed in require at (eval 22) line 2, <GEN1> line 4.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 22) line 2, <GEN1> line 4.
Can't locate object method "new" via package "Debconf::Element::Gnome::String" at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd.pm line 68, <GEN1> line 4.
dpkg: error processing libpam0g (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
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[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 387112, 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. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.