Perl lib error - possible bug

[Cyborg Alpha]

Florian Diesch wrote:
> Cyborg Alpha <cyborg.alpha.v1 at gmail.com> writes:
>
>   
>> Florian Diesch wrote:
>>     
>>> Cyborg Alpha <cyborg.alpha.v1 at gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Setting up libio-stringy-perl (2.110-4) ...
>>>>
>>>> dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute installed post-installation script: 
>>>> Exec format error
>>>>
>>>> dpkg: error processing libio-stringy-perl (--configure):
>>>>
>>>>  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Which version  of Ubuntu are you using?
>>> What does 
>>>   file /var/lib/dpkg/info/libio-stringy-perl.postinst
>>> print?
>>>       
>> *name*@*name*:~$ file /var/lib/dpkg/info/libio-stringy-perl.postinst
>> /var/lib/dpkg/info/libio-stringy-perl.postinst: empty
>>     
>
> This shouldn't be empty. Running
>  sudo apt-get clean; sudo apt-get install --reinstall libio-stringy-perl
> should fix it.
>
>
>    Florian
>   
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*name*@*name*:~$ sudo apt-get clean
[sudo] password for *name*:    
*name*@*name*:~$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall libio-stringy-perl
Reading package lists... Done                                
Building dependency tree                                     
Reading state information... Done                            
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 1 not 
upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Setting up libio-stringy-perl (2.110-4) ...
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute installed post-installation script: 
Exec format error
dpkg: error processing libio-stringy-perl (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Setting up libossp-uuid15 (1.6.2-0ubuntu1) ...
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute installed post-installation script: 
Exec format error
dpkg: error processing libossp-uuid15 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libossp-uuid-perl:
 libossp-uuid-perl depends on libossp-uuid15; however:
  Package libossp-uuid15 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libossp-uuid-perl (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a 
followup error from a previous failure.
                          Errors were encountered while processing:
 libio-stringy-perl
 libossp-uuid15
 libossp-uuid-perl
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
*name*@*name*:~$

*name*@*name*:~$ file /var/lib/dpkg/info/libio-stringy-perl.postinst
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libio-stringy-perl.postinst: empty