[Bug 868909] Re: package tzdata 2011j-0ubuntu0.11.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Brian Murray]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 442941 ***
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** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 442941
   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

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Title:
  package tzdata 2011j-0ubuntu0.11.04 failed to install/upgrade:
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
  status 1

Status in “tzdata” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The tzdata package now causes issues in my system as it prevents any
  further update to be done. I do not know how it came to this unstable
  state.

  1) Ubuntu 11.04
  2) apt-cache policy tzdata
  tzdata:
    Installed: 2011j-0ubuntu0.11.04
    Candidate: 2011j-0ubuntu0.11.04
    Version table:
   *** 2011j-0ubuntu0.11.04 0
          500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       2011f-1 0
          500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main amd64 Packages

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: tzdata 2011j-0ubuntu0.11.04
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.48-generic 2.6.38.8
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Oct  5 08:16:59 2011
  DpkgTerminalLog:
   Setting up tzdata (2011j-0ubuntu0.11.04) ...
   debconf: DbDriver "config": could not open /var/cache/debconf/config.dat
   dpkg: error processing tzdata (--configure):
    subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: tzdata
  Title: package tzdata 2011j-0ubuntu0.11.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-29 (159 days ago)

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