[Bug 1613086] Re: package gcc-doc 4:4.8.2-1ubuntu6 failed to install/upgrade: there is no script in the new version of the package - giving up

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Not limited to 4:4.8.2-1ubuntu6.
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/cpp-doc_4%3a5.3.1-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb

I got this on distupgrade too. Which ran into some other bug and broke the process in the middle.
The good part: "dpkg --configure -a" from terminal still worked - configured the whole list, and now almost everything works.

But cpp-doc still stuck like this, forever marked for upgrade, and even
installing other versions (cpp-4.8-doc_4.8.5-4ubuntu2_all.deb or
cpp-5-doc_5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4_all.deb) on top does not change
anything - any attempt to uninstall or reinstall fails.

I can even install and upgrade things in synaptic, but then there's an
error and terminal does not close, derp.

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Title:
  package gcc-doc 4:4.8.2-1ubuntu6 failed to install/upgrade: there is
  no script in the new version of the package - giving up

Status in One Hundred Papercuts:
  Confirmed
Status in gcc-defaults package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Problems with Ubuntu16.04 after upgrading from 14.04.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: gcc-doc 4:4.8.2-1ubuntu6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-34.53-lowlatency 4.4.15
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-34-lowlatency x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sat Aug 13 18:51:41 2016
  ErrorMessage: there is no script in the new version of the package - giving up
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-16 (729 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140416.3)
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
   apt  1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1
  SourcePackage: gcc-defaults
  Title: package gcc-doc 4:4.8.2-1ubuntu6 failed to install/upgrade: there is no script in the new version of the package - giving up
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-08-13 (0 days ago)

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