Bug#192127: etherconf: same problem

[Andres Salomon <dilinger@voxel.net>]

Package: etherconf
Version: 1.17
Severity: normal
Followup-For: Bug #192127


I am having the same problem as the original reporter of this bug:
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Setting up etherconf (1.17) ...
Missing end line at blib/lib/ConfHelper.pm (autosplit into blib/lib/auto/ConfHelper/getotherareas.al) line 222, <GEN0> line 12.
dpkg: error processing etherconf (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255
Errors were encountered while processing:
 etherconf
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


Here is my /etc/hosts file:
### etherconf DEBCONF AREA. DO NOT EDIT THIS AREA OR INSERT TEXT BEFORE IT.

127.0.0.1	localhost
::1		localhost	ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0		ip6-localnet
ff00::0		ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1		ip6-allnodes
ff02::2		ip6-allrouters
ff02::3		ip6-allhosts



-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.4-1-k7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages etherconf depends on:
ii  debconf                      1.4.16      Debian configuration management sy
ii  dhcp-client                  2.0pl5-16.1 DHCP Client
ii  ifupdown                     0.6.4-4.6   High level tools to configure netw
ii  libconfhelper-perl           0.12.5      Library for editing configuration 

-- debconf information:
  etherconf/nodevs: 
  etherconf/INT-devices: eth0
* etherconf/hostname: wax
* etherconf/dhcphost:eth0: wax
  etherconf/nameservers: none
* etherconf/replace-existing-files: true
* etherconf/domainname: hq.voxel.net
* etherconf/removable:eth0: false
  etherconf/broadcast: 
  etherconf/replace-existing-files-bail: 
  etherconf/dhcp-p: true
  etherconf/configure: true
  etherconf/gateway: 
  etherconf/ipaddr:eth0: 
  etherconf/removable: false
  etherconf/ipaddr: 
  etherconf/gateway:eth0: 
* etherconf/configure:eth0: true
  etherconf/dhcphost: 
  etherconf/broadcast:eth0: 
* etherconf/dhcp-p:eth0: true
  etherconf/netmask: 
  etherconf/netmask:eth0: