Re: apt-get/debconf "uninitialized variable" problem
--- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> wrote: > > >
"uninitialized value in
> > > /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Cache.pm" and same
> problem
> > > repeats with other "pm"s like "Template.pm" etc.
> >
> > There should be more detail in the error messages,
> including line
> > numbers. It would be very useful if you could copy
> and paste them
> > word-for-word.
> >
> > Interestingly, I can't find a Cache.pm in any
> version of debconf.
> > Perhaps Joey can make more sense of this, if he's
> reading.
>
> It's /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Cache.pm, or
> hs has a very wacked
> system.
>
> It appears that he has a corrupted debconf database.
> Send me a tarball
> of /var/cache/debconf so I can do a post-mortem,
> then delete
> /var/cache/debconf/*.dat, and all whould be well.
Sure, I will, once I get home(from work)..
>
> Have you experienced any system crashes, hangs, or
> disk failures
> recently, while in the middle of installing
> something or using debconf?
> This is probably fixed in unstable, but since nobody
> has ever found a
> way to reproduce the problem, it's hard to be sure.
You are right in that, I had system freeze on the way
to dist-upgrade. Sorry, if I am taking too much of
your time. I will send the /var/cache/debconf and
delete the debconf/*.dat to retry.
Thanks for your time.
srini
>
> --
> see shy jo
=====
Thanks and have great day
srini
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