woody upgrade fails (debconf error)

[Pollywog <croak@shadypond.com>]

I got this error when updating Woody this morning:

Preconfiguring packages ..
Can't locate Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
/usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.005
/usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl
/usr/lib/perl5 .) at /var/lib/debconf/config.181291 line 515.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /var/lib/debconf/config.181291
line 515.
console-data failed to configure, with exit code 2

Setting up console-data (1999.08.29-14) ...
Can't locate Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
/usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.005
/usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl
/usr/lib/perl5 .) at /usr/share/console/getkmapchoice.pl line 3.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
/usr/share/console/getkmapchoice.pl line 3.

Is this a package bug or is it me?

thanks

--
Andrew