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package dhcp3-client 3.1.1-5ubuntu8.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255

Bug #399571 reported by ricklaw
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Bug Description

package dhcp3-client 3.1.1-5ubuntu8.1 failed to inst

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255
Package: dhcp3-client 3.1.1-5ubuntu8.1
SourcePackage: dhcp3
Title: package dhcp3-client 3.1.1-5ubuntu8.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-13-generic i686

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ricklaw (ricklaw42) wrote :
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Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand) wrote :

Thank you for using Ubuntu and taking the time to report a bug. This looks like a problem with the perl installation or possibly filesystem corruption. Please do a filesystem check and reinstall perl and reopen the bug if you continue to see this error.

affects: dhcp3 (Ubuntu) → perl (Ubuntu)
Changed in perl (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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ricklaw (ricklaw42) wrote : Re: [Bug 399571] Re: package dhcp3-client 3.1.1-5ubuntu8.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255

Jamie Strandboge wrote:
> Thank you for using Ubuntu and taking the time to report a bug. This
> looks like a problem with the perl installation or possibly filesystem
> corruption. Please do a filesystem check and reinstall perl and reopen
> the bug if you continue to see this error.
>
> ** Package changed: dhcp3 (Ubuntu) => perl (Ubuntu)
>
> ** Changed in: perl (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Invalid
>
>
 dbus was corrupted so reinstalled. also reinstalled perl per your
suggestion. All works fine. Thanks for your ususal prompt feed back.
It is so rare to have an installation problem with Ubuntu that I have
almost forgotten how to trouble shoot. :-)

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