[Debconf-devel] Bug#480533: Bug#480533: "uninitialized value" warnings from Perl during install

[Joey Hess]

Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> May 10 08:34:31 in-target: Processing triggers for man-db ...
> May 10 08:34:32 in-target: Use of uninitialized value $x in scalar assignment at /usr/share/perl/5.10/utf8_heavy.pl line 242, <GEN0> line 1.
> May 10 08:34:32 in-target: Use of uninitialized value $x in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/perl/5.10/utf8_heavy.pl line 243, <GEN0> line 1.
> May 10 08:34:32 in-target: Use of uninitialized value in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 68, <GEN0> line 1.
> May 10 08:34:32 in-target: Use of uninitialized value in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 68, <GEN0> line 1.

On second look, the errors are coming from debconf-apt-progress. 

The only way I can see there being an uninitialised value at this point
is if the passthrough frontend failed to read a line from cdebconf.
Don't know why that would be happening, but it seems to happen
repeatedly in your log.

Running the installer with DEBCONF_DEBUG=1 might clarify what's
happening at the protocol level.

-- 
see shy jo
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