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package tzdata 2012b-0ubuntu0.11.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128

Bug #1009839 reported by KJ McLaws on 2012-06-07

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1648556: package tzdata 2016j-0ubuntu0.16.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128. Edit Remove

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	tzdata (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I can't install ANYTHING!!!!!!!

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: tzdata 2012b-0ubuntu0.11.04
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-12.51-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-12-generic x86_64
AptOrdering:
tzdata: Configure
skype: Install
skype: Configure
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jun 6 22:18:53 2012
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
InstallationMedia: Zorin OS 5.2 64bit - Release amd64
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: tzdata
Title: package tzdata 2012b-0ubuntu0.11.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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KJ McLaws (kj2014) wrote on 2012-06-07:

Dependencies.txt Edit (565 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (381 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (90.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-07-03:

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

Changed in tzdata (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Benjamin Drung (bdrung) wrote on 2023-01-10:

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

Relevant log lines:

```
Setting up tzdata (2012b-0ubuntu0.11.04) ...
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.
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 $ret in string eq at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 109.
dpkg: error processing tzdata (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
```

This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #1648556, 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. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.