[Debconf-devel] Bug#721329: debconf: dpkg-reconfigure -a fails on fresh wheezy installation

[Jari Jokinen]

Package: debconf
Version: 1.5.49
Severity: important

Running "dpkg-reconfigure -a" fails on every fresh installations of wheezy.

Error:

  # dpkg-reconfigure --all
  ... [removed gpg output] ...
  update-alternatives: using /usr/share/man/man7/bash-builtins.7.gz to
  provide /usr/share/man/man7/builtins.7.gz (builtins.7.gz) in auto mode
  [ ok ] Stopping periodic command scheduler: cron.
  [ ok ] Starting periodic command scheduler: cron.
  update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
  /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: initramfs-tools is broken or not fully installed

I have tried to build the system with Debian Installer (from official netinst
CD image) and from the command line with debootstrap.

Not sure if the bug is in debconf or initramfs-tools, but this bug makes
dpkg-reconfigure -a totally unusable.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.1
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.11.0-rc7+ (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages debconf depends on:
ii  perl-base  5.14.2-21

Versions of packages debconf recommends:
ii  apt-utils     0.9.7.9
ii  debconf-i18n  1.5.49

Versions of packages debconf suggests:
pn  debconf-doc                <none>
pn  debconf-utils              <none>
pn  libgtk2-perl               <none>
pn  libnet-ldap-perl           <none>
pn  libqtcore4-perl            <none>
pn  libqtgui4-perl             <none>
pn  libterm-readline-gnu-perl  <none>
ii  perl                       5.14.2-21
ii  whiptail                   0.52.14-11.1

-- debconf information:
  debconf-apt-progress/preparing:
* debconf/frontend: Dialog
  debconf-apt-progress/title:
* debconf/priority: low
  debconf-apt-progress/info:
  debconf-apt-progress/media-change: