[Bug 1244198] Re: package python3 3.3.2-14ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 4

[asala]

Might be related to :  Bug #1024204, 
Bug #1025465, however, I'm not knowledgeable enought to ascertain it... and they are 1-year old bugs.

Some output from sudo aptitude dist-upgrade

Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
Setting up python3 (3.3.2-14ubuntu1) ...
running python rtupdate hooks for python3.3...
dpkg-query: package 'ubiquity-frontend-gtk' is not installed
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 200, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 186, in main
    pfiles = set(dpf.from_package(options.package))
  File "/usr/share/python3/debpython/files.py", line 53, in from_package
    raise Exception("cannot get content of %s" % package_name)
Exception: cannot get content of ubiquity-frontend-gtk
error running python rtupdate hook ubiquity-frontend-gtk
dpkg-query: package 'ubiquity' is not installed
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 200, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 186, in main
    pfiles = set(dpf.from_package(options.package))
  File "/usr/share/python3/debpython/files.py", line 53, in from_package
    raise Exception("cannot get content of %s" % package_name)
Exception: cannot get content of ubiquity
error running python rtupdate hook ubiquity
dpkg: error processing python3 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 4
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of foomatic-db-compressed-ppds:
 foomatic-db-compressed-ppds depends on python3; however:
  Package python3 is not configured yet.

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Title:
  package python3 3.3.2-14ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade:
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned
  error exit status 4

Status in “python3-defaults” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I was upgrading from 13.04 to 13.10.

  lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 13.10
  Release:	13.10

   "Python3" failed to install and, well, after it, a horde of related packages (dh-python, foomatic, ...) failed too:
   python3
   python3-apt
   python3-dbus
   language-selector-common
   python3-gi
   kde-runtime
   kdepim-runtime
   libkfbapi1
   libkdepimdbusinterfaces4
   libcalendarsupport4
   libmessagecore4
   libpimcommon4
   libincidenceeditorsng4
   libksieveui4
   libmessageviewer4
   libtemplateparser4
   libmessagelist4
   kmail
   libmessagecomposer4
   libmailcommon4
   libkdepim4
   libmailimporter4
   kdepim-kresources
   knotes
   akregator
   kontact
   libeventviews4
   korganizer
   kaddressbook
   ubuntu-drivers-common
   update-notifier-common
   python3-pkg-resources
   python3-crypto
   python3-oauthlib
   friends-dispatcher
   libfriends0
   lsb-release
   ubuntu-minimal
   apparmor
   python3-commandnotfound
   command-not-found
   python3-distupgrade
   python3-update-manager
   ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
   ubuntu-standard
   ufw
   update-manager-core
   akonadi-facebook
   gnome-menus
   alacarte
   amarok

  so, my system is in a mess now...

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: python3 3.3.2-14ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-32.47-generic 3.8.13.10
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-32-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Oct 24 13:49:06 2013
  DuplicateSignature: package:python3:3.3.2-14ubuntu1:ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 4
  ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 4
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-06-12 (133 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: python3-defaults
  Title: package python3 3.3.2-14ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 4
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-24 (0 days ago)

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