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package tzdata 2016d-0ubuntu0.15.10 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128

Bug #1578699 reported by Tony on 2016-05-05

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

I received this error when attempting to install new packages.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: tzdata 2016d-0ubuntu0.15.10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-35.40-generic 4.2.8-ckt5
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-35-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu May 5 11:20:30 2016
DuplicateSignature: package:tzdata:2016d-0ubuntu0.15.10:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-10-29 (188 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.18.2ubuntu5.1
apt 1.0.10.2ubuntu2
SourcePackage: tzdata
Title: package tzdata 2016d-0ubuntu0.15.10 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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Tony (aksebro) wrote on 2016-05-05:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (856 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (775 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (257.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (2.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (1.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JournalErrors.txt Edit (23.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2016-05-05

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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 (2016d-0ubuntu0.15.10) ...
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 package 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.