[Bug 1651041] Re: package python-httplib2 0.9.1+dfsg-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Scott Kitterman]

Looks like a upower bug:

dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 36944 package 'libupower-glib3:amd64':
 'Recommends' field, reference to 'upower':
 '>' is obsolete, use '>=' or '>>' instead
dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 36944 package 'libupower-glib3:amd64':
 'Recommends' field, reference to 'upower':
 version value starts with non-alphanumeric, suggest adding a space
dpkg-query: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 36944 package 'libupower-glib3:amd64':
 'Recommends' field, reference to 'upower': version contains ' '
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 python-httplib2
dpkg: error processing package python-httplib2 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1


** Package changed: python-httplib2 (Ubuntu) => upower (Ubuntu)

** Summary changed:

- package python-httplib2 0.9.1+dfsg-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
+ Bad version in Recommends

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Title:
  Bad version in Recommends

Status in upower package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  not really sure what to say am a novice

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: python-httplib2 0.9.1+dfsg-1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-53.74-generic 4.4.30
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-53-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Dec 18 23:25:18 2016
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-12-14 (4 days ago)
  InstallationMedia:
   
  PackageArchitecture: all
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
   apt  1.2.15ubuntu0.2
  SourcePackage: python-httplib2
  Title: package python-httplib2 0.9.1+dfsg-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-12-19 (0 days ago)

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