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

[EDGARDO GUTIERREZ]

i was just begining to install the ubuntu restricted package when it crash.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: tzdata 2011g-0ubuntu0.10.04
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-28.55-generic 2.6.32.27+drm33.12
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-28-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Jul 11 19:00:41 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20110211.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: tzdata
Title: package tzdata 2011g-0ubuntu0.10.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128

[Steve Beattie (sbeattie)]

This is the relevant errors from the dpkg log:

Setting up tzdata (2011g-0ubuntu0.10.04) ...
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

[Steve Beattie (sbeattie)]

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 808164, 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.