Bug#672692: tzdata: package fails to configure during upgrade: post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Anton Martchukov <anton@martchukov.com>]

Package: tzdata
Version: 2012c-1
Severity: important

Today my dist-upgrade failed due to problems with configuration of
tzdata package:

antonm@deneb:~$ sudo dpkg --configure tzdata
Setting up tzdata (2012c-1) ...
dpkg: error processing tzdata (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 tzdata

Please let me know if any other debug info is needed.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=ru_RU.utf8, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages tzdata depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.42

tzdata recommends no packages.

tzdata suggests no packages.

-- debconf information:
  tzdata/Zones/Australia:
  tzdata/Zones/Asia:
  tzdata/Zones/SystemV:
  tzdata/Zones/Pacific:
  tzdata/Zones/Atlantic:
  tzdata/Zones/US:
* tzdata/Zones/Etc: UTC
  tzdata/Zones/Arctic:
  tzdata/Zones/Antarctica:
* tzdata/Zones/Europe: Moscow
  tzdata/Zones/Africa:
  tzdata/Zones/America:
* tzdata/Areas: Europe
  tzdata/Zones/Indian: