[Pkg-openssl-devel] libssl0.9.8g-10 and PerlQt

[Kurt Roeckx]

On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 11:27:06PM +0200, Mattia wrote:
> Hi,
> i'm a Debian Sid user having problem with the libssl0.9.8g-10 update. Tha
> package is installed but not yet configured. Debconf fails with this error
> message:
> 
> *Checking for services that may need to be restarted...done.
> Checking init scripts...
> 
> Restarting services possibly affected by the upgrade:
> Stopping MTA for restart:hostname --fqdn did not return a fully qualified
> name, dc_minimaldns will not
> work. Please fix your /etc/hosts setup.
>  exim4_listener.
> Restarting MTA: exim4.
> 
> Services restarted successfully.
> 
> Checking for services that may need to be restarted...done.
> Checking init scripts...
> --- No method to call for :
>         QApplication::new('Qt::Applic...', ARRAY(0x88dd578))
> at /usr/lib/perl5/Qt.pm line 464.
> /usr/share/debconf/confmodule: line 42: printf: write error: Broken pipe
> dpkg: error while processing libssl0.9.8 (--configure)
> 
> *I'm not a software developer, so i don't know how to fix this.
> Libssl is very important for many packets of my installation
> Help me

I actually have no idea what is going on, or from where that is called,
and looks like a problem with your debconf frontend.

Can you run try running:
DEBIAN_FRONTEND=readline apt-get -f install


Kurt