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package tzdata 2015d-0ubuntu0.15.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128

Bug #1449370 reported by ChristianD on 2015-04-28

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

Installing citrix receiver file sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/icaclient_*.deb - system crashed.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: tzdata 2015d-0ubuntu0.15.04
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-15.15-generic 3.19.3
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Apr 28 07:31:19 2015
DuplicateSignature: package:tzdata:2015d-0ubuntu0.15.04:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-28 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.17.25ubuntu1
apt 1.0.9.7ubuntu4
SourcePackage: tzdata
Title: package tzdata 2015d-0ubuntu0.15.04 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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ChristianD (christian-dickerson) wrote on 2015-04-28:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (250 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (868 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (652 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (71.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (107.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JournalErrors.txt Edit (32.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2015-04-28

tags:

removed: need-duplicate-check

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2015-12-06:

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 (2015d-0ubuntu0.15.04) ...
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.
```

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.