On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 12:40 PM, Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> wrote: > > I tried an "apt-get dist-upgrade" of my jessie system yesterday, with bad > results. It seems that debconf is bricked. Currently, there are three packages > that are unpacked but not configured: tzdata, locales, and debconf. (There > were > originally two: tzdata and locales. I tried reinstalling debconf in an attempt > to fix the problem, but that only bricked debconf too. So now there are three. > Here's what I get when I attempt to configure debconf. I get similar errors if > I attempt to configure either of the other two packages. > > ----- > > root@smp6:~# dpkg --configure debconf > Setting up debconf (1.5.53) ... > Use of uninitialized value $ARGV[0] in string eq at > /usr/share/debconf/frontend line 17. > Use of uninitialized value $ARGV[0] in pattern match (m//) at > /usr/share/debconf/frontend line 24. > Use of uninitialized value $ARGV[0] in concatenation (.) or string at > /usr/share/debconf/frontend line 60. > Use of uninitialized value $ARGV[0] in pattern match (m//) at > /usr/share/debconf/frontend line 61. > Use of uninitialized value $ARGV[0] in pattern match (m//) at > /usr/share/debconf/frontend line 62. > Use of uninitialized value $ARGV[0] in pattern match (m//) at > /usr/share/debconf/frontend line 72. > Use of uninitialized value $r in <HANDLE> at > /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/ConfModule.pm line 72. > readline() on unopened filehandle at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/ConfModule.pm > line 72. > dpkg: error processing package debconf (--configure): > subprocess installed post-installation script was killed by signal > (Segmentation fault) > Errors were encountered while processing: > debconf > root@smp6:~# > > ----- > > How did this happen, what can I do to fix it, and how do I make sure that it > doesn't > happen again? These errors are preventing the rest of the upgrade from going > through. > I can't go forward, and I can't back out. Fortunately, the system still runs > (and > boots).
You might have better luck with "dpkg-reconfigure -fnoninteractive -pcritical debconf". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=sxbvuwafsxunbgrdh1bj4p2hhsyaaidwak1f5yq-sk...@mail.gmail.com
