package tzdata 2011d-0ubuntu0.10.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128

[Thomas Meid]

Binary package hint: tzdata

After fresh installation of
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS
Release: 10.04

I opened the ubuntu software center to install
the package 'Ubuntu restricted extras' (in fact, I wanted
to get the flash player to run in firefox).
After about 80 percent of the installation an error popped
up, stating that tzdata could not be installed. The error
messages pointed to uninitialized variables in Perl scripts
(that seemingly were used during the installation process).
I guess that the details can be found is the logs.

I am using the 64 bit version of ubuntu (AMD64).

I have got a brand new packard bell notebook (lm 94-sb-158 ge)
with a quad core amd phenom.

Hope this helps,
Thomas

PS:
$ apt-cache policy tzdata
tzdata:
  Installed: 2011d-0ubuntu0.10.04
  Candidate: 2011d-0ubuntu0.10.04
  Version table:
 *** 2011d-0ubuntu0.10.04 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2010i-1 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: tzdata 2011d-0ubuntu0.10.04
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-28.55-generic 2.6.32.27+drm33.12
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-28-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Mar 26 09:46:38 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20110211.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: tzdata
Title: package tzdata 2011d-0ubuntu0.10.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128

[Robert Roth (evfool)]

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 #442941, 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.