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


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