Bug#580467: Reopen 580453: linux-base & linux-image-2.6.32-5-686 post-install: "... uninitialized value $label_len ..."

["A. Costa" <agcosta@gis.net>]

reopen   580467 !  

thanks

Rebooting might have helped Simon Chopin's system, but the bug
consistently remains on mine after many reboots.  

Chopin seems hasty in closing this.  This error message _did_
show up on his system:

	Use of uninitialized value $label_len in numeric gt (>) at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-base.postinst line 1338.

It didn't show up twice for him, but it still showed once.
Example:

	# imagine a buggy command-line calculator:
	foobarcalc "2 + 2"
	5
	# Where'd that '5' come from?  clearly a bug.
	# ....
	# here the user reboots.
	# try again.
	foobarcalc "2 + 2"
	4
	# symptom's gone, but is the bug?  

HTH...