Package: tzdata Version: 2007e-6 Severity: important I'm running a couple autobuilders, and since the latest upgrade of tzdata, none of them will work properly because of the following:
Fetched 797kB in 3s (252kB/s) Setting up tzdata (2007e-6) ... dpkg: error processing tzdata (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10 Errors were encountered while processing: tzdata E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) apt-get failed. Package installation failed I logged into the build chroots trying to figure out what was going on: debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed Setting up tzdata (2007e-6) ... debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog debconf: (No usable dialog-like program is installed, so the dialog based frontend cannot be used. at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Dialog.pm line 75.) debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline dpkg: error processing tzdata (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10 Errors were encountered while processing: tzdata E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) sh-3.1# apt-get install --reinstall tzdata Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Setting up tzdata (2007e-6) ... debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog debconf: (No usable dialog-like program is installed, so the dialog based frontend cannot be used. at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Dialog.pm line 75.) debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline dpkg: error processing tzdata (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10 Errors were encountered while processing: tzdata E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) sh-3.1# apt-get remove tzdata Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: tzdata util-linux WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed. This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing! util-linux tzdata (due to util-linux) 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 8 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 7533kB disk space will be freed. You are about to do something potentially harmful. To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!' ?] Yes, do as I say! dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: This is an essential package - it should not be removed. (Reading database ... 9749 files and directories currently installed.) Removing util-linux ... Removing tzdata ... sh-3.1# apt-get install util-linux Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: tzdata Suggested packages: util-linux-locales kbd console-tools dosfstools The following NEW packages will be installed: tzdata util-linux 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/841kB of archives. After unpacking 7533kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! tzdata util-linux Authentication warning overridden. debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed Selecting previously deselected package tzdata. (Reading database ... 7874 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking tzdata (from .../tzdata_2007e-6_all.deb) ... Setting up tzdata (2007e-6) ... debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog debconf: (No usable dialog-like program is installed, so the dialog based frontend cannot be used. at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Dialog.pm line 75.) debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline dpkg: error processing tzdata (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10 Errors were encountered while processing: tzdata E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) I eventually tried to install 'dialog' just in case but it didn't help. Then I edited /var/lib/dpkg/info/tzdata.postinst to add a '-x': [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo vi chroots/chroot-sid/var/lib/dpkg/info/tzdata.postinst [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo chroot chroots/chroot-sid/ sh-3.1# dpkg --configure -a Setting up tzdata (2007e-6) ... + set -e + LC_ALL=C + LANG=C + umask 022 + . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule ++ '[' '!' '' ']' ++ PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 ++ export PERL_DL_NONLAZY ++ '[' '' ']' ++ exec /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/tzdata.postinst configure 2007e-3 dpkg: error processing tzdata (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10 Errors were encountered while processing: tzdata sh-3.1# /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/tzdata.postinst configure 2007e-3 sh-3.1# echo $? 10 This bug happens on all my autobuilders, rendering them completely unusable (alpha, hppa, ia64, ppc). HTH -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (700, 'testing'), (90, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: powerpc (ppc) Kernel: Linux 2.6.20.7-ck1 (PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages tzdata depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.13 Debian configuration management sy tzdata recommends no packages. -- debconf information excluded -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
