[Bug 1597179] Re: package apt-xapian-index 0.45ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Seth Arnold]

Here's the error message from the logs for easy reading:

Setting up apt-xapian-index (0.45ubuntu4) ...
dpkg-query: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0014' near line 0:
 newline in field name `#padding'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pycompile", line 289, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/pycompile", line 262, in main
    options.force, options.optimize, e_patterns)
  File "/usr/bin/pycompile", line 154, in compile
    for fn, versions_to_compile in filter_files(files, e_patterns, versions):
  File "/usr/bin/pycompile", line 109, in filter_files
    for fn in files:
  File "/usr/share/python/debpython/files.py", line 77, in filter_out_ext
    for fn in files:
  File "/usr/share/python/debpython/namespace.py", line 77, in add_namespace_files
    for fn in files:
  File "/usr/share/python/debpython/files.py", line 69, in filter_public
    for fn in files:
  File "/usr/share/python/debpython/files.py", line 53, in from_package
    raise Exception("cannot get content of %s" % package_name)
Exception: cannot get content of apt-xapian-index

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Title:
  package apt-xapian-index 0.45ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade:
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
  status 1

Status in apt-xapian-index package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Please try to fix it ASAP

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: apt-xapian-index 0.45ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-88.135-generic 3.13.11-ckt39
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-88-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sun Jun 26 22:10:22 2016
  DuplicateSignature: package:apt-xapian-index:0.45ubuntu4:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-06-26 (2 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130213)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.7
   apt  1.0.1ubuntu2.14
  SourcePackage: apt-xapian-index
  Title: package apt-xapian-index 0.45ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2016-06-26 (2 days ago)

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