Package: tzdata Version: 2007f-6 Severity: important This bug has affected tzdata for some time now... It actually fails to install and needs manual intervention in the "/var/lib/dpkg/info/tzdata.postinst" file to finish the configuration.
The usual output is this: ====================== Unpacking replacement tzdata ... Setting up tzdata (2007f-6) ... dpkg: error processing tzdata (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10 Errors were encountered while processing: tzdata E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Setting up tzdata (2007f-6) ... dpkg: error processing tzdata (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10 Errors were encountered while processing: tzdata ====================== I've tracked the problem to this: ====================== [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer dpkg --configure -a Setting up tzdata (2007f-6) ... debconf (developer): frontend started debconf (developer): frontend running, package name is tzdata debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/tzdata.config configure 2007f-6 debconf (developer): <-- VERSION 2.0 debconf (developer): --> 0 2.0 debconf (developer): <-- CAPB backup debconf (developer): --> 0 multiselect escape backup debconf (developer): <-- FSET tzdata/Areas seen true debconf (developer): --> 0 true debconf (developer): <-- FSET tzdata/Zones/right/Europe seen true debconf (developer): --> 10 tzdata/Zones/right/Europe doesn't exist dpkg: error processing tzdata (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10 Errors were encountered while processing: tzdata ======================= Apparently it hangs on the fact that "/etc/timezone" contains "right/Europe/Bucharest" instead of the default version. Is there another "debian-approved" way of setting a "right" timezone besides editing that file and manually copying "/usr/share/zoneinfo/right/X" ? The debconf for tzdata obviously does not support this... At the least, the postinst script should not hang and block all package installs when it sees this, printing a warning to the user and leaving the settings as they are would be a lot better. Thanks and best regards, Mihnea -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.20 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages tzdata depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.13 Debian configuration management sy tzdata recommends no packages. -- debconf information excluded -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]