[Bug 1246161] Re: package dictionaries-common 1.20.2 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255

[Luke Faraone]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 873551 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/873551

** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 1026778
   Package does not upgrade cleanly from precise
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 873551
   dictionaries-common: debconf corruption

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Title:
  package dictionaries-common 1.20.2 failed to install/upgrade:
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned
  error exit status 255

Status in “dictionaries-common” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I got this during upgrade from 13.04 to 13.10:

  Setting up dictionaries-common (1.20.2) ...
  update-default-wordlist: Question empty but elements installed for class "wordlist"
    dictionaries-common/default-wordlist: return code: "0", value: ""
    Choices: , Manual symlink setting
    shared/packages-wordlist: return code: "10" owners/error: "shared/packages-wordlist doesn't exist"
    Installed elements: american (American English), british (British English)

    Please see "/usr/share/doc/dictionaries-common/README.problems", section
    "Debconf database corruption" for recovery info.

  update-default-wordlist: Selected wordlist "" 
  does not correspond to any installed package in the system
  and no alternative wordlist could be selected.
  dpkg: error processing dictionaries-common (--configure):
   subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: dictionaries-common 1.20.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-33.48-generic 3.8.13.11
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-33-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Oct 30 03:15:02 2013
  DuplicateSignature: package:dictionaries-common:1.20.2:ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255
  ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-07-20 (101 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: dictionaries-common
  Title: package dictionaries-common 1.20.2 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-30 (0 days ago)

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