Bug#257022: tetex-extra: error in postinst

[Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>]

retitle 257022 error in postinst: Can't call method "description"
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TANAKA Atushi <tanaka_atushi_wk@bh.wakwak.com> wrote:

> Setting up tetex-extra (2.0.2-9) ...
> Can't call method "description" on an undefined value at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Question.pm line 76, <GEN0> line 1.
> dpkg: error processing tetex-extra (--configure):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  tetex-extra
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

This is actually a debconf bug, reported e.g. as
http://bugs.debian.org/247849 

The reason is probably an overfull /var partition, or a corrupt
filesystem. The fix for the symptom (but not for the /var
crowdedness...) is to run 

/usr/share/debconf/fix_db.pl

Since this gets reported quite often, I think we should leave this one
open and assigned to tetex-extra for reference.

Regards, Frank
-- 
Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie