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package tzdata 2016b-0ubuntu0.14.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128

Bug #1562312 reported by Katharina Floßmann on 2016-03-26

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

black screen

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: tzdata 2016b-0ubuntu0.14.04
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-56.62~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt15
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-56-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Mar 26 14:41:14 2016
DuplicateSignature: package:tzdata:2016b-0ubuntu0.14.04:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-08-12 (226 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.5
apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.11
SourcePackage: tzdata
Title: package tzdata 2016b-0ubuntu0.14.04 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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Katharina Floßmann (flokati) wrote on 2016-03-26:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (761 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (720 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (529 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (58.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (5.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (2.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2016-03-26

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removed: need-duplicate-check

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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 (2016b-0ubuntu0.14.04) ...
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 li
```

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.