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tzdata package

package tzdata 2011j-0ubuntu0.11.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #868909 reported by Pierre MARTIN on 2011-10-06

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

The tzdata package now causes issues in my system as it prevents any further update to be done. I do not know how it came to this unstable state.

1) Ubuntu 11.04
2) apt-cache policy tzdata
tzdata:
  Installed: 2011j-0ubuntu0.11.04
  Candidate: 2011j-0ubuntu0.11.04
  Version table:
*** 2011j-0ubuntu0.11.04 0
        500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2011f-1 0
        500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main amd64 Packages

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: tzdata 2011j-0ubuntu0.11.04
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.48-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Oct 5 08:16:59 2011
DpkgTerminalLog:
Setting up tzdata (2011j-0ubuntu0.11.04) ...
debconf: DbDriver "config": could not open /var/cache/debconf/config.dat
dpkg: error processing tzdata (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: tzdata
Title: package tzdata 2011j-0ubuntu0.11.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-29 (159 days ago)

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Pierre MARTIN (z-contact-pierre-martin-fr) wrote on 2011-10-06:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (2.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (565 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (381 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (54.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2012-01-09:

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.