[Bug 500175] Re: Canceling an installation in Software Center crashes debconf with "Use of uninitialized value $reply in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 66, "

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

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Title:
  Canceling an installation in Software Center crashes debconf with "Use
  of uninitialized value $reply in scalar chomp at
  /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 66,"

Status in “aptdaemon” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “debconf” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “aptdaemon” source package in Lucid:
  Won't Fix
Status in “debconf” source package in Lucid:
  Confirmed
Status in “software-center” source package in Lucid:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: acroread

  I accidentally clicked "Cancel" when it asked me if I wanted to set
  Adobe Reader as the default PDF viewer. It then apparently crashed.

  == HOW TO REPRODUCE ==
  In software-center choose "Adobe Reader 9" and install it.
  At prompt "Set Adobe Reader as the default PDF viewer" click "Cancel"
  The installation crashes with the error below

  The relevant error is
  =====
  Setting up acroread (9.2-1karmic1) ...
  Use of uninitialized value $reply in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 66, <GEN0> line 6.
  Use of uninitialized value $reply in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 67, <GEN0> line 6.
  Use of uninitialized value $reply in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 68, <GEN0> line 6.
  Use of uninitialized value in string eq at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 202, <GEN0> line 6.
  Use of uninitialized value $reply in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 66, <GEN0> line 6.
  Use of uninitialized value $reply in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 67, <GEN0> line 6.
  Use of uninitialized value $reply in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 68, <GEN0> line 6.
  Use of uninitialized value $ret in string eq at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 212, <GEN0> line 6.
  Use of uninitialized value $_[1] in join or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Stack.pm line 104, <GEN0> line 6.
  Use of uninitialized value $val in substitution (s///) at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Format/822.pm line 83, <GEN2> line 4.
  Use of uninitialized value $val in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Format/822.pm line 84, <GEN2> line 4.
  dpkg: error processing acroread (--configure):
   subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
  =====

  ProblemType: Package
  AptOrdering:
   acroread: Install
   acroread: Configure
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Dec 24 17:06:00 2009
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  Package: acroread (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic
  SourcePackage: acroread
  Title: package acroread (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic i686

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