[Bug 1618031] Re: package tzdata 2016f-0ubuntu0.14.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 29

[Benjamin Drung]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 78175 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/78175

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Relevant dpkg terminal log:

```
Setting up tzdata (2016f-0ubuntu0.14.04) ...
Can't locate object method "new" via package "Text::Iconv" (perhaps you forgot to load "Text::Iconv"?) at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Encoding.pm line 65.
dpkg: error processing package tzdata (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 29
```

This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug
#78175, 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 78175
   gnome frontend not working without libtext-iconv-perl

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Title:
  package tzdata 2016f-0ubuntu0.14.04 failed to install/upgrade:
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
  status 29

Status in tzdata package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Software Updater reported an update to "Ubuntu Base" which I think was
  a kernel upgrade from 3.13.0-76, (I'm on 14.04.5 LTS) but the
  installation failed. This returned a different error exit status from
  the existing bug 1599555

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: tzdata 2016f-0ubuntu0.14.04
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-93.140-generic 3.13.11-ckt39
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-93-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: rapidrecovery_vss
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Aug 29 08:44:13 2016
  DuplicateSignature: package:tzdata:2016f-0ubuntu0.14.04:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 29
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 29
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-07 (1209 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130214)
  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 29
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-09-24 (705 days ago)

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