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package tzdata 2011e-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128

Bug #750524 reported by David Price on 2011-04-04

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #442941: debconf failed to upgrade from 1.5.27ubuntu1 to 1.5.27ubuntu2: exit status 128 - Use of uninitialized value $reply in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 66. Edit Remove

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Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	tzdata (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: tzdata

Immediately after a fresh install of 11.04 beta1, I tried to install Ubuntu Restricted Extras from the Software Center. the process did not finish.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: tzdata 2011e-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Apr 4 11:24:24 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110330)
SourcePackage: tzdata
Title: package tzdata 2011e-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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David Price (zy-guy) wrote on 2011-04-04:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (4.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (545 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (381 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (53.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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David Price (zy-guy) wrote on 2011-04-04:

I rebooted my system after the failed update, then ran 'sudo apt-get upgrade apt" from the command line so I can possibly upgrade apt and all dependencies, and it upgraded almost everything without fail. Then rebooted, and ran the GUI update manger to finish off the remaining updates, and everything worked out terrificly.

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Robert Roth (evfool) wrote on 2011-04-28:

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.