[Bug 1599555] Re: package tzdata 2016f-0ubuntu0.14.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128

[Benjamin Drung]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1648556 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1648556

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Relevant log lines:

```
Setting up tzdata (2016f-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 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.

** This bug has been marked 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

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

Status in tzdata package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Running "software updater"

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: tzdata 2016f-0ubuntu0.14.04
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-91.138-generic 3.13.11-ckt39
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-91-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed Jul  6 11:17:25 2016
  DuplicateSignature: package:tzdata:2016f-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 2010-12-30 (2014 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.7
   apt  1.0.1ubuntu2.14
  SourcePackage: tzdata
  Title: package tzdata 2016f-0ubuntu0.14.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-12-26 (557 days ago)

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