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package tzdata 2011g-0ubuntu0.11.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128

Bug #808164 reported by Jesse Ochry on 2011-07-09

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

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	tzdata (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

LibreOffice failed to install

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: tzdata 2011g-0ubuntu0.11.04
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Jul 9 19:14:46 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: tzdata
Title: package tzdata 2011g-0ubuntu0.11.04 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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Jesse Ochry (jesseo) wrote on 2011-07-09:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (2.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (561 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (443 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (51.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (1.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Steve Beattie (sbeattie) wrote on 2011-07-15:

This is the relevant error from the dpkg log:

Setting up tzdata (2011g-0ubuntu0.11.04) ...
Use of uninitialized value $reply in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 66.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 67.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 68.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 66.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 67.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 68.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 66.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 67.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 68.
Use of uninitialized value $ret in string eq at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 109.
dpkg: error processing tzdata (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128

Changed in tzdata (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Victor Vargas (kamus) on 2011-07-26

Changed in tzdata (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2011-08-17:

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. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.