debconf 1.5.73 problem ppc64

[Jeroen Diederen <jjhdiederen@zonnet.nl>]

Doing an installation of sid on pp64, get this error (from installation
logfile):

Oct  5 20:29:57 in-target: Unpacking debconf (1.5.73) over (1.5.72)
...^M Oct  5 20:29:57 in-target: Setting up debconf (1.5.73) ...
Oct  5 20:29:57 in-target: ^M
Oct  5 20:29:58 in-target: Can't locate object method "new" via package
"Text::Iconv" (perhaps you forgot to load "Text::Iconv"?) at
/usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Encoding.pm line 65. Oct  5 20:29:58
in-target: ^M Oct  5 20:29:58 in-target: dpkg: error processing package
debconf (--configure):^M Oct  5 20:29:58 in-target:  installed debconf
package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status
29^M Oct  5 20:29:58 in-target: Errors were encountered while
processing:

...
Oct  5 20:30:00 in-target: Setting up debconf (1.5.73) ...
Oct  5 20:30:00 in-target: Can't locate object method "new" via package
"Text::Iconv" (perhaps you forgot to load "Text::Iconv"?) at
/usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Encoding.pm line 65.

Oct  5 20:30:00 in-target: dpkg: error processing package debconf
(--configure): Oct  5 20:30:00 in-target:  installed debconf package
post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 29 Oct
5 20:30:00 in-target: dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration
of locales: Oct  5 20:30:00 in-target:  locales depends on debconf (>=
0.5) | debconf-2.0; however: Oct  5 20:30:00 in-target:   Package
debconf is not configured yet. Oct  5 20:30:00 in-target:   Package
debconf-2.0 is not installed. Oct  5 20:30:00 in-target:   Package
debconf which provides debconf-2.0 is not configured yet. Oct  5
20:30:00 in-target: Oct  5 20:30:00 in-target: dpkg: error processing
package locales (--configure): Oct  5 20:30:00 in-target:  dependency
problems - leaving unconfigured

Oct  5 20:30:01 in-target: Errors were encountered while processing:
Oct  5 20:30:01 in-target:  debconf
Oct  5 20:30:01 in-target:  locales

Oct  5 20:30:09 main-menu[210]: WARNING **: Configuring 'pkgsel' failed
with error code 100 Oct  5 20:30:09 main-menu[210]: WARNING **: Menu
item 'pkgsel' failed.