I'm pretty sure that I've fixed this by this fix (also backported to
dapper in debconf 1.4.72ubuntu2):
debconf (1.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
[ Colin Watson ]
[...]
* Notice and error out on write errors (such as ENOSPC) when saving
databases. Should help with a lot of database corruption bugs.
Closes: #198297, #247849 (we hope)
[...]
-- Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thu, 20 Apr 2006 17:54:06 -0400
Upgrades from old systems may still see it because an old debconf
frontend will be running at various points during the upgrade; as
before, use /usr/share/debconf/fix_db.pl to patch up the database.
** Changed in: debconf (Ubuntu)
Status: Unconfirmed => Fix Released
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debconf database corruption
https://launchpad.net/bugs/19384
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