Comment 10 for bug 442941

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On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 3:51 PM, ms-studio <email address hidden> wrote:
> I just installed Ubuntu 11.04 on a blank Linux-Ubuntu virtual machine in
> Oracle VirtualBox (4.0.6), and when attempting to run Software Update, I
> get the following error messages:
>
> Package operation failed
> installArchives() failed: Setting up tzdata (2011g-0ubuntu0.11.04) ...
>
> Use of uninitialized value $reply in scalar chomp at
> /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 66.
>
> etc...
>
> The workaround from comment #6 solves the issue.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/442941
>
> 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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