Attempted to do routine acceptance of software updater suggestions in 14.04.5 LTS running in a VM. Got an error that updates failed.
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: tzdata 2016j-0ubuntu0.14.04
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-93.140-generic 3.13.11-ckt39
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-93-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: rapidrecovery_vss
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jan 4 10:20:26 2017
DuplicateSignature: package:tzdata:2016j-0ubuntu0.14.04:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 29
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 29
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-07 (1338 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130214)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.7
apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.14
SourcePackage: tzdata
Title: package tzdata 2016j-0ubuntu0.14.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 29
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-09-24 (833 days ago)
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Relevant dpkg terminal logs:
```
Setting up tzdata (2016j-
Can't locate object method "new" via package "Text::Iconv" (perhaps you forgot to load "Text::Iconv"?) at /usr/share/
dpkg: error processing package tzdata (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 29
```
Reassigning to debconf.