[Bug 37054] Broken symlink renders gnome-applets uninstallable on (my) dapper

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Public bug reported:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/37054

Affects: gnome-applets (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed

Description:
Today's apt-get upgrade left me with this:

Unpacking replacement gnome-applets ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/update-gconf-defaults", line 56, in ?
    fd=open(defaults_dir+'/'+f)
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/share/gconf/defaults/20-edubuntu'
dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/update-gconf-defaults", line 56, in ?
    fd=open(defaults_dir+'/'+f)
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/share/gconf/defaults/20-edubuntu'
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-applets_2.14.0-0ubuntu5_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/update-gconf-defaults", line 56, in ?
    fd=open(defaults_dir+'/'+f)
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/share/gconf/defaults/20-edubuntu'
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-applets_2.14.0-0ubuntu5_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

caused by /usr/share/gconf/defaults/20-edubuntu being a broken symlink