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package tzdata 2013g-0ubuntu0.12.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128

Bug #1238702 reported by WaltSullivan on 2013-10-11

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 1 person

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

Bug Description

Was running update manager

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: tzdata 2013g-0ubuntu0.12.04
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-54.82-generic 3.2.50
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-54-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Oct 11 09:52:14 2013
DuplicateSignature: package:tzdata:2013g-0ubuntu0.12.04:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: tzdata
Title: package tzdata 2013g-0ubuntu0.12.04 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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WaltSullivan (walts) wrote on 2013-10-11:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (417 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (473 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (819 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (182.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (5.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (1.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2013-10-11

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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 (2013g-0ubuntu0.12.04) ...
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.