package tzdata 2015a-0ubuntu0.12.04 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

Bug #1424559 reported by Thomas Morey
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Bug Description

i tried adding extra video ppa's and other packages through terminal. Following instructions from forum...think i really messed it up.....what does it mean to run sudo -f install (with no packages) i cannot find answer to the without packages thing?

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: tzdata 2015a-0ubuntu0.12.04
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-36.63~precise1-generic 3.13.11.6
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-36-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Feb 23 01:46:59 2015
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: tzdata
Title: package tzdata 2015a-0ubuntu0.12.04 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Thomas Morey (thomasmoreyfl-o) wrote :
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Benjamin Drung (bdrung) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

Relevant part from VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog:

```
Setting up tzdata (2015a-0ubuntu0.12.04) ...
Can't locate overload.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.14.2 /usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.14 /usr/share/perl/5.14 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Template.pm line 341.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Template.pm line 341.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Question.pm line 8.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Question.pm line 8.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Config.pm line 7.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Config.pm line 7.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Log.pm line 10.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Db.pm line 7.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Db.pm line 7.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/debconf/frontend line 6.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/debconf/frontend line 6.
```

Reassigning to debconf.

affects: tzdata (Ubuntu) → debconf (Ubuntu)
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