[Bug 1968433] [NEW] dictionaries-common post-install script returns an error

[Samit Mohnot]

Public bug reported:

Ubuntu Release Info:
Description:	Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS
Release:	20.04
dictionaries-common Info:
dictionaries-common:
  Installed: 1.28.1
  Candidate: 1.28.1
  Version table:
 *** 1.28.1 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

The post-install script should have completed, but I am getting:
sudo apt install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up dictionaries-common (1.28.1) ...
Processing triggers for dictionaries-common (1.28.1) ...
update-default-wordlist:
  Could not make the default symlink to "/usr/share/dict/american-english".
  This may be a temporary problem due to installation ordering. If that
  file is not present after installation, please file a bugreport
  against wordlist package owning that file.
  
dpkg: error processing package dictionaries-common (--configure):
 installed dictionaries-common package post-installation script subprocess retur
ned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 dictionaries-common
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: dictionaries-common 1.28.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-39.44~20.04.1-generic 5.13.19
Uname: Linux 5.13.0-39-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.21
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sat Apr  9 13:31:15 2022
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: dictionaries-common
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: dictionaries-common (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal

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Title:
  dictionaries-common post-install script returns an error

Status in dictionaries-common package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Ubuntu Release Info:
  Description:	Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS
  Release:	20.04
  dictionaries-common Info:
  dictionaries-common:
    Installed: 1.28.1
    Candidate: 1.28.1
    Version table:
   *** 1.28.1 500
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main i386 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  The post-install script should have completed, but I am getting:
  sudo apt install -f
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  1 not fully installed or removed.
  After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
  Setting up dictionaries-common (1.28.1) ...
  Processing triggers for dictionaries-common (1.28.1) ...
  update-default-wordlist:
    Could not make the default symlink to "/usr/share/dict/american-english".
    This may be a temporary problem due to installation ordering. If that
    file is not present after installation, please file a bugreport
    against wordlist package owning that file.
    
  dpkg: error processing package dictionaries-common (--configure):
   installed dictionaries-common package post-installation script subprocess retur
  ned error exit status 2
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   dictionaries-common
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: dictionaries-common 1.28.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-39.44~20.04.1-generic 5.13.19
  Uname: Linux 5.13.0-39-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.21
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Sat Apr  9 13:31:15 2022
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: dictionaries-common
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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