[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

[Steve Langasek]

239 duplicate reports of this issue (not counting those not yet hunted
down and duped), and it causes package upgrade failures when it strikes;
we should really try to get a handle on this.

Colin, do you have any idea what's going on here with the passthrough
frontend?

** Changed in: debconf (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Medium => High

** Changed in: debconf (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Colin Watson (cjwatson)

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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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