I get this error too. Unfortunately I have not updated for a while:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 134716160 2007-11-08 10:32 /var/cache/pbuilder/base-sid.tgz Other then that, it is just a standard pbuild, and I am not using cowdancer. The base system is etch, using pbuilder 0.161 --- cut --- W: /home/brian/.pbuilderrc does not exist Upgrading for distribution sid Building the build Environment -> extracting base tarball [/var/cache/pbuilder/base-sid.tgz] -> creating local configuration -> copying local configuration -> mounting /proc filesystem -> mounting /dev/pts filesystem -> policy-rc.d already exists -> Installing apt-lines Refreshing the base.tgz -> upgrading packages Get:1 http://mirrors.uwa.edu.au sid Release.gpg [189B] Get:2 http://mirrors.uwa.edu.au sid Release [86.4kB] Get:3 http://mirrors.uwa.edu.au sid/main Packages [6850kB] Fetched 6937kB in 3s (2034kB/s) Reading package lists... Done dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove lilo which isn't installed. Obtaining the cached apt archive contents Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: bzip2 gcc-4.3-base libcwidget1 libgnutls26 libldap-2.4-2 libtimedate-perl lzma uuid-runtime The following packages will be upgraded: apt apt-utils aptitude at base-files base-passwd bash binutils bsdmainutils bsdutils coreutils cpio cpp cpp-4.1 cpp-4.2 cron debconf debconf-i18n debianutils dhcp3-client dhcp3-common dpkg dpkg-dev dselect e2fslibs e2fsprogs exim4 exim4-base exim4-config exim4-daemon-light findutils g++ g++-4.1 g++-4.2 gcc gcc-4.1 gcc-4.1-base gcc-4.2 gcc-4.2-base gettext-base gnupg gpgv grep groff-base gzip hostname info initscripts iptables iputils-ping klogd laptop-detect libattr1 libblkid1 libbz2-1.0 libc6 libc6-dev libcomerr2 libdb4.6 libdevmapper1.02.1 libgcc1 libgcrypt11 libgnutls13 libgomp1 liblocale-gettext-perl libncurses5 libncursesw5 libopencdk10 libpcap0.8 libpcre3 libsasl2-2 libselinux1 libsepol1 libslang2 libss2 libssl0.9.8 libstdc++6 libstdc++6-4.1-dev libstdc++6-4.2-dev libtasn1-3 libusb-0.1-4 libuuid1 linux-libc-dev login makedev man-db manpages mktemp modconf mount nano ncurses-base ncurses-bin net-tools passwd pciutils perl perl-base perl-modules pppoeconf procps psmisc sed setserial sysklogd sysv-rc sysvinit sysvinit-utils tar tasksel tasksel-data tzdata update-inetd util-linux zlib1g 115 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/69.2MB of archives. After unpacking 2241kB of additional disk space will be used. E: Internal Error, Could not perform immediate configuration (2) on tzdata Copying back the cached apt archive contents -> unmounting dev/pts filesystem -> unmounting proc filesystem -> cleaning the build env -> removing directory /var/cache/pbuilder/build//5763 and its subdirectories --- cut --- I will try and get more debugging information. export DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer - nope that doesn't show anything. This really looks like an apt-get bug. Oh damn, looks like I accidently found a work around: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/# apt-get install strace Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: g++-4.1 libstdc++6-4.1-dev libvolume-id0 Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following extra packages will be installed: libc6 libc6-dev tzdata Suggested packages: locales glibc-doc libc6-i686 manpages-dev The following NEW packages will be installed: strace The following packages will be upgraded: libc6 libc6-dev tzdata 3 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 112 not upgraded. Need to get 99.8kB/8550kB of archives. After unpacking 115kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Get:1 http://mirrors.uwa.edu.au sid/main strace 4.5.15-1.1 [99.8kB] Fetched 99.8kB in 0s (394kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... debconf (developer): starting /tmp/tzdata.config.69941 configure 2007h-2 debconf (developer): <-- VERSION 2.0 debconf (developer): --> 0 2.0 debconf (developer): <-- CAPB backup debconf (developer): --> 0 multiselect escape debconf (developer): starting /tmp/libc6.config.69943 configure 2.6.1-6 (Reading database ... 12371 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace tzdata 2007h-2 (using .../tzdata_2007k-3_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement tzdata ... Setting up tzdata (2007k-3) ... debconf (developer): frontend started debconf (developer): frontend running, package name is tzdata debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/tzdata.config configure 2007h-2 debconf (developer): <-- VERSION 2.0 debconf (developer): --> 0 2.0 debconf (developer): <-- CAPB backup debconf (developer): --> 0 multiselect escape debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/tzdata.postinst configure 2007h-2 debconf (developer): <-- VERSION 2.0 debconf (developer): --> 0 2.0 User defined timezone, leaving /etc/localtime unchanged. debconf (developer): <-- STOP Local time is now: Fri Feb 29 05:01:13 UTC 2008. Universal Time is now: Fri Feb 29 05:01:13 UTC 2008. Run 'dpkg-reconfigure tzdata' if you wish to change it. (Reading database ... 12377 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libc6-dev 2.6.1-6 (using .../libc6-dev_2.7-8_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libc6-dev ... Preparing to replace libc6 2.6.1-6 (using .../archives/libc6_2.7-8_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libc6 ... Setting up libc6 (2.7-8) ... Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/glibc.sh ... Installing new version of config file /etc/gai.conf ... debconf (developer): frontend started debconf (developer): frontend running, package name is libc6 debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/libc6.postinst configure 2.6.1-6 Selecting previously deselected package strace. (Reading database ... 12384 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking strace (from .../strace_4.5.15-1.1_i386.deb) ... Setting up libc6-dev (2.7-8) ... Setting up strace (4.5.15-1.1) ... dist-upgrade now works. Looks like I am going to have to log out (I didn't use the save option) and retry. For now I will send this. Really does look like an apt-get issue though, and it got upgraded: Preparing to replace apt 0.7.9 (using .../archives/apt_0.7.11_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement apt ... Setting up apt (0.7.11) ... Installing new version of config file /etc/cron.daily/apt ... gpg: key 2D230C5F: "Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key (2006) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" not changed gpg: key 6070D3A1: "Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key (4.0/etch) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" not changed gpg: key ADB11277: "Etch Stable Release Key <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" not changed gpg: key BBE55AB3: "Debian-Volatile Archive Automatic Signing Key (4.0/etch)" not changed gpg: Total number processed: 4 gpg: unchanged: 4 -- Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]