[Bug 442941] Re: debconf failed to upgrade from 1.5.27ubuntu1 to 1.5.27ubuntu2: exit status 128 - Use of uninitialized value $reply in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 66

[triksteerx]

My bug having to do with the tzdata package just got redirected here, so
I thought I would throw in my two cents.  The bug can be worked around
on a fresh install by entering the following into a terminal:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Copy pasta that and you are good to go.

On a side note, it seems silly that a year and a half later and we are
still being redirected to the same bug.  Why is this issue not being
resolved?  Seems like three releases should be plenty of time to work
out a bug like this.  Might be a bit easier to get Ubuntu a bit more
mainstream if you didn't have a problem that forced you to learn to use
a terminal just to get a piece of software.  Also, it wastes time to not
be able to install all the necessary packages BEFORE the initial update.
Doing a 165 MB update just to be able to install a few pieces of
software that will require another 60 MB worth of updates is the kind of
crap you expect from Windows, not Linux.

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Title:
  debconf failed to upgrade from 1.5.27ubuntu1 to 1.5.27ubuntu2: exit
  status 128 - Use of uninitialized value $reply in scalar chomp at
  /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 66

Status in “debconf” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “tzdata” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: debconf

  Failed to report to debconf during first upgrade after installation of
  9.10 beta. Upgrade failed.

  ProblemType: Package
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Oct  5 09:54:06 2009
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: debconf 1.5.27ubuntu2
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.36-generic
  SourcePackage: debconf
  Title: package debconf 1.5.27ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic x86_64

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