I didn't figure out exactly what was causing it but its definitely because some one is using dash to do something dash doesn't do. I changed the interpreter from /bin/sh a link to dash to /bin/bash and now the world is happy again.
So I answer my own question here the quick fix: Edit the first line of /var/lib/dpkg/info/tzdata.postinst replacing #!/bin/sh with #!/bin/bash -- tzdata upgrade: /usr/sbin/tzconfig: No such file or directory https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/164254 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
