[Debconf-devel] Bug#471037: debconf: perl problems

[Jörgen Tegnér]

Package: debconf
Version: 1.5.20
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks unrelated software


During a dist-upgrade today on one sid machine, debconf failed to
complete gdm install. The 
output is:

debian:~# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? 
debconf: Problem setting up the database defined by stanza 5
of /etc/debconf.conf.
syntax error at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Copy.pm line 33, near
"%>"
Compilation failed in require at (eval 18) line 3, <DEBCONF_CONFIG>
chunk 5.
        ...propagated at /usr/share/perl/5.8/base.pm line 84,
<DEBCONF_CONFIG> chunk 5.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted
at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Stack.pm line 9, 
<DEBCONF_CONFIG> chunk 5.
Compilation failed in require at (eval 17) line 2, <DEBCONF_CONFIG>
chunk 5.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 17) line 2, <DEBCONF_CONFIG>
chunk 5.
Setting up gdm (2.20.4-1) ...
debconf: Problem setting up the database defined by stanza 5
of /etc/debconf.conf.
syntax error at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Copy.pm line 33, near
"%>"
Compilation failed in require at (eval 17) line 3, <DEBCONF_CONFIG>
chunk 5.
        ...propagated at /usr/share/perl/5.8/base.pm line 84,
<DEBCONF_CONFIG> chunk 5.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted
at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Stack.pm line 9, 
<DEBCONF_CONFIG> chunk 5.
Compilation failed in require at (eval 16) line 2, <DEBCONF_CONFIG>
chunk 5.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 16) line 2, <DEBCONF_CONFIG>
chunk 5.
dpkg: error processing gdm (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255
Errors were encountered while processing:
 gdm
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Two sid machines did complete the dist-upgrade without this error.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=sv_SE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages debconf depends on:
ii  debconf-i18n                  1.5.20     full internationalization
support 
ii  perl-base                     5.8.8-12   The Pathologically Eclectic
Rubbis

Versions of packages debconf recommends:
ii  apt-utils                     0.7.11     APT utility programs

-- debconf-show failed

Thanks
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