package ttf-takao-pgothic 003.02.01-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[Ian Roberts]

Binary package hint: ttf-takao

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: ttf-takao-pgothic 003.02.01-2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Apr 20 18:44:32 2010
Dependencies:

ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100318)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ttf-takao
Title: package ttf-takao-pgothic 003.02.01-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[Hideki Yamane (henrich)]

Hi,

 Umm, it was caused by failure with executing update-alternatives.

>Setting up ttf-takao-pgothic (003.02.01-2ubuntu1) ...
>Can't load '/usr/lib/perl/5.10/auto/POSIX/POSIX.so' for module POSIX: /usr/lib/perl/5.10/auto/POSIX/POSIX.so: undefined symbol: XS_POSIX_setpgid at /usr/lib/perl/5.10/XSLoader.pm line 70.
> at /usr/lib/perl/5.10/POSIX.pm line 36
>Compilation failed in require at /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line 25.
>BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line 25.
>dpkg: error processing ttf-takao-pgothic (--configure):
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

 ttf-takao just called it, however something wrong with perl-base ( /usr/lib/perl/*/auto/POSIX/POSIX.so ).

[Hideki Yamane (henrich)]

update-alternatives belongs to dpkg package, so once reassign to dpkg package.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Raphaël Hertzog (hertzog)]

This is the sign of a broken perl, not of a broken update-alternatives.