reassign  297540 debconf
thanks

On Tue,  1 Mar 2005 12:24:53 +0100, W Borgert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: 

> Package: ucf Version: 1.13

> After interrupting an apt-get install with ^C, it is not possible to
> remove a package (proftpd-common) without error message.  Even purge
> and reinstall, purge again does not help:

> Purging configuration files for proftpd-common ...  Can't call
> method "description" on an undefined value at
> /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Question.pm line 76, <GEN0> line 1.  dpkg:
> error processing proftpd-common (--purge):
>  subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 9 Errors
>  were encountered while processing:
>   proftpd-common

> Installing a backup of the dpkg status file did not help.

> The error message seems to come from ucf:

>> ucf
> Can't call method "description" on an undefined value at
> /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Question.pm line 76, <GEN0> line 1.

> A reinstallation of debconf and ucf did help, but as this is not
> clear to the average user and should be not necessary, right?

> Maybe the problem does not belong to ucf, but debconf?  The version
> is 1.4.30.11 (debconf + debconf-english)...

        I don't see how changing anything in ucf can fixwhatever the
 reinstall fixed, so punting this to debconf, where this is more
 likely to be diagnosed correctly and fixed.

        manoj
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