[Debconf-devel] Bug#846624: debconf: invalid version in maintainer script

[Ritesh Raj Sarraf]

Package: debconf
Version: 1.5.59
Severity: important

debconf seems to have a broken version number, failing in maintainer
scripts.

Preparing to unpack .../dash_0.5.8-2.3_mips.deb ...
Adding 'diversion of /bin/sh to /bin/sh.distrib by dash'
Adding 'diversion of /usr/share/man/man1/sh.1.gz to /usr/share/man/man1/sh.distrib.1.gz by dash'
Unpacking dash (0.5.8-2.3) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libdb5.3:mips.
Preparing to unpack .../libdb5.3_5.3.28-12_mips.deb ...
Unpacking libdb5.3:mips (5.3.28-12) ...
Selecting previously unselected package debconf.
Preparing to unpack .../debconf_1.5.59_all.deb ...
dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: version '1.5.58~' is not valid
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/debconf_1.5.59_all.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: version '1.5.58~' is not valid
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Selecting previously unselected package debianutils.
Preparing to unpack .../debianutils_4.8.1_mips.deb ...
Unpacking debianutils (4.8.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package diffutils.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers testing-debug
  APT policy: (990, 'testing-debug'), (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.8.11+ (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_IN.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_IN.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages debconf depends on:
ii  perl-base  5.24.1~rc4-1

Versions of packages debconf recommends:
ii  apt-utils     1.4~beta1
ii  debconf-i18n  1.5.59

Versions of packages debconf suggests:
ii  debconf-doc                1.5.59
ii  debconf-utils              1.5.59
ii  dialog                     1.3-20160828-1
ii  libgtk2-perl               2:1.2499-1
pn  libnet-ldap-perl           <none>
pn  libqtcore4-perl            <none>
pn  libqtgui4-perl             <none>
pn  libterm-readline-gnu-perl  <none>
ii  perl                       5.24.1~rc4-1
ii  whiptail                   0.52.19-1

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