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dictionaries-common package

  1. Bug #873551
  2. Comment #6

Comment 6 for bug 873551

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era (era) wrote : Re: package dictionaries-common 1.11.5ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255

The log file contains what I speculate might be early signs of debconf database corruption. Duplicate submitters, do you have these symptoms in your /var/log/dpkg/term.log or similar as well? Notice the truncated lines, too.

Quoting the attached VarLogDistupgradeTermlog.gz:
> Extracting templates from packages: 96%
> ate.pm line 81, <GEN4> chunk 1.
> Use of uninitialized value $item in exists at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Cache.pm line 39, <GEN4> chunk 1.
> Use of uninitialized value $item in exists at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Cache.pm line 39, <GEN4> chunk 1.
> Use of uninitialized value $template in exists at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Template.pm line 81, <GEN5> chunk 1.
> Use of uninitialized value $item in exists at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Cache.pm line 39, <GEN5> chunk 1.
> Use of uninitialized value $item in exists at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Cache.pm line 39, <GEN5> chunk 1.
> Use of uninitialized value $template in exists at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Template.pm line 81, <GEN5> chunk 2.
> Use of uninitialized value $item in exists at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Cache.pm line 39, <GEN5> chunk 2.
> Use of uninitialized value $item in exists at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Cache.pm line 39, <GEN5> chunk 2.
> Use of uninitialized value $template in exists at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Template.pm line 81, <GEN6> chunk 1.
> Use of uninitialized value $item in exists at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Cache.pm line 39, <GEN6> chunk 1.
> Use of uninitialized value $item in exists at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Cache.pm line 39, <GEN6> chunk 1.
> Cache.pm line 39, <GEN10> chunk 7.
> Use of uninitialized value $template in exists at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Template.pm line 81, <GEN10> chunk 8.
> Use of uninitialized value $item in exists at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Cache.pm line 39, <GEN10> chunk 8.
> Use of uninitialized value $item in exists at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Cache.pm line 39, <GEN10> chunk 8.