[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

[soni]

dude, i don't know how you got that far, but good work, really.

On 7/7/11, Colin Watson <cjwatson at canonical.com> wrote:
> I've finally found a reliable method that I can use to reproduce this
> bug in isolation (so I might at long last be able to do something about
> it!):
>
>  1) Install a Natty desktop system (and checkpoint the virtual machine at
> this point)
>  2) Start update-manager
>  3) Uncheck everything except libpam0g and tzdata
>  4) Run the upgrade
>
> I'm going over a system call trace with a fine-toothed comb now.  I'm
> pretty sure it's not the fault of any of the packages being installed.
> It looks as though there may be something wrong with aptdaemon's debconf
> proxy (the other end of the socket doesn't seem to be connected to
> anything), but it could also be a bug in how update-manager is talking
> to aptdaemon.
>
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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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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:
  Invalid
Status in “tzdata” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in “debconf” source package in Lucid:
  Invalid
Status in “tzdata” source package in Lucid:
  Invalid
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Lucid:
  Triaged
Status in “debconf” source package in Maverick:
  Invalid
Status in “tzdata” source package in Maverick:
  Invalid
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Maverick:
  Triaged
Status in “debconf” source package in Natty:
  Invalid
Status in “tzdata” source package in Natty:
  Invalid
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Natty:
  Triaged
Status in “debconf” source package in Oneiric:
  Invalid
Status in “tzdata” source package in Oneiric:
  Invalid
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Oneiric:
  In Progress

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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