debconf 1.1.30 broken?
I have been having the following problem with debconf in the past week:
root@expresso> apt-get install debconf
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Sorry, debconf is already the newest version.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 224 not
upgraded.
2 packages not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Setting up debconf (1.1.30) ...
Use of uninitialized value in exists at
/usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Cache.pm line 29.
Use of uninitialized value in exists at
/usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Template.pm line 53, <GEN1> line 6.
Use of uninitialized value in exists at
/usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Cache.pm line 29, <GEN1> line 6.
Use of uninitialized value in exists at
/usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Template.pm line 53, <GEN1> line 6.
Use of uninitialized value in exists at
/usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Cache.pm line 29, <GEN1> line 6.
Use of uninitialized value in exists at
/usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Template.pm line 53, <GEN1> line 6.
Use of uninitialized value in exists at
/usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Cache.pm line 29, <GEN1> line 6.
Can't call method "choices" on an undefined value at
/usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Question.pm line 85, <GEN1> line 6.
dpkg: error processing debconf (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of pcmcia-cs:
pcmcia-cs depends on debconf (>= 0.2.17); however:
Package debconf is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing pcmcia-cs (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
debconf
pcmcia-cs
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
As you can see, there is another problem with pcmcia-cs, but I do not
want to upgrade that one as I hang my system each time I do it,
requiring me to fsck my disks :( That's should be treated in another
mail...
Back to the problem: debconf doesn't update. I have no idea where this
comes from neither how to solve it. A hint would be appreciated.
Jerome
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