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dictionaries-common package

  1. Bug #1092743
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 1092743

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era (era) wrote : Re: package dictionaries-common 1.12.10 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128

Quoting DpkgTerminalLog.txt:
> Unpacking chromium-browser-l10n (from .../chromium-browser-l10n_22.0.1229.94~r161065-0ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
> Selecting previously unselected package aspell-fr.
> Unpacking aspell-fr (from .../aspell-fr_0.50-3-7_all.deb) ...
> Selecting previously unselected package hunspell-fr.
> Unpacking hunspell-fr (from .../hunspell-fr_1%3a3.3.0-2ubuntu3_all.deb) ...
> Selecting previously unselected package wfrench.
> Unpacking wfrench (from .../wfrench_1.2.3-10_all.deb) ...
> Processing triggers for man-db ...
> Setting up chromium-browser-l10n (22.0.1229.94~r161065-0ubuntu1) ...
> Setting up aspell-fr (0.50-3-7) ...
> Setting up hunspell-fr (1:3.3.0-2ubuntu3) ...
> Setting up wfrench (1.2.3-10) ...
> Processing triggers for dictionaries-common ...
> 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.
> dpkg: error processing dictionaries-common (--configure):
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128

This suggests some pretty serious corruption of the installation script. Does purging and reinstalling dictionaries-common help?