Hi, I'm receiving the following error messages while I'm trying to upgrade postfix package. It happened during apt-get dist-upgrade.
Anyone can help me to understand what is wrong with my system? I'm using "testing" version of debian. server:/home/mike# apt-get install postfix Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done 1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 102 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/611kB of archives. After unpacking 540kB will be used. Preconfiguring packages ... --output-fd: unknown option debconf: whiptail output to the above errors, giving up! Use of uninitialized value in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 125, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 126, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in numeric eq (==) at /tmp/config.221581 line 279, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 125, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 126, <STDIN> line 17. (Reading database ... 24646 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace postfix 1.1.11.0-3 (using .../postfix_2.0.16-4_i386.deb) ... Stopping mail transport agent: Postfix. --output-fd: unknown option debconf: whiptail output to the above errors, giving up! Use of uninitialized value in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 125, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 126, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in numeric eq (==) at /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/config line 279, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 125, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 126, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 125, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 126, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 125, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 126, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in numeric eq (==) at /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/config line 301, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 125, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 126, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in numeric eq (==) at /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/config line 305, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 125, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 126, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 125, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 126, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in string eq at /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/config line 318, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 125, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 126, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in numeric eq (==) at /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/config line 325, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 125, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 126, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in numeric eq (==) at /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/config line 329, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 125, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 126, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 125, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 126, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in numeric eq (==) at /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/config line 342, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 125, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 126, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in numeric eq (==) at /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/config line 346, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 125, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 126, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 125, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 126, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in numeric eq (==) at /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/config line 359, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 125, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 126, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in numeric eq (==) at /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/config line 363, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 125, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 126, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in length at /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/config line 370, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 125, <STDIN> line 17. Use of uninitialized value in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 126, <STDIN> line 17. dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/postfix_2.0.16-4_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 255 Debian::DebConf::Client::ConfModule is deprecated, please use Debconf::Client::ConfModule instead. Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/postfix_2.0.16-4_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) -- Michael Rozhavsky -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]