I did a little investigation and found the functions required are only loaded when using configure
they are in . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule Could this be my issue ? here is the output when i rand this with the configure parameter + . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule + [ ! ] + PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 + export PERL_DL_NONLAZY + [ ] + exec /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/mythtv-common.postinst configure Thanks s -- package mythtv-common 0.21.0+fixes19961-0ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 30 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/380759 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs