Bug#233864: man-db error on debian-installer beta3

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg-debian.org@fifthhorseman.net>]

i just experienced the same error with man-db using debian-installer
beta3 for powerpc.

i'm running this on a blue iMac G3 (named "kodkod"), and i get the
same error Laurent described during installation of the base system:


dpkg:error processing man-db (--configure):
  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1


i found that this was related to the system clock on the motherboard
being set to something absurd like 1904 (i think the motherboard
battery is dead on kodkod).

when i forced the motherboard's clock to show something close to the
correct time, and then restarted the installation process (without
removing power from the machine), the installation continues on.

here's how i reset the system clock after man-db failed:

Alt-2 to activate another console, then:

 # export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/target/lib
 # /target/bin/date -s '14 April 2004'
 # /target/sbin/hwclock --systohc

hth,

	--dkg