package man-db 2.5.9-4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script was killed by signal (Broken pipe)

Bug #799452 reported by garry barker
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #1372673: excessive debconf use when triggered. Edit Remove
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: man-db

got man-db on loding 11.04 asked to report it do not know y

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: man-db 2.5.9-4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Jun 19 16:24:27 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
SourcePackage: man-db
Title: package man-db 2.5.9-4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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garry barker (gazdeanend) wrote :
Changed in man-db (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Sérgio Faria (sergio91pt) wrote :

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 617832, 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.

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

Thanks for your report. The basic problem here is that man-db's trigger uses debconf to decide whether to update the manual page database, but debconf is not always reliably usable in triggers. I finally figured out a simple way to avoid this problem, which I'm tracking as bug 1372673. If you are still affected by this locally (which I realise is unlikely in the case of some of the older bugs of this type), then running "sudo dpkg --configure -a && sudo apt-get -f install" in a terminal should normally be enough to get the package management system back to a sensible state.

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