[ubuntu-mono] [Bug 154992] 'Software index is broken' after upgrade from Feisty to Gutsy

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After upgrading from Feisty to Gutsy an error appears to have occurred with upgrade of mono-xsp
that now has the 'software index' broken leaving me unable to Add/Remove software.

Error message is...
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Software index is broken

It is impossible to install or remove any software. Please use the package
manager "Synaptic" or run "sudo apt-get install -f" in a terminal to fix
this issue at first.
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Neither Synaptic nor apt-get will fix the problem for me (information provided below).
So how do I proceed?


When I run the Synaptic package manager it shows the following 'Broken Dependencies'
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Package    |  Installed Version  |  Latest Version       |  Description
mono-xsp     1.2.1-1ubuntu1        1.2.4-1.1ubunutu1     simple web server to run...
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The Synaptic package manager allows options of 'upgrade', 'removal' and 'complete removal'
but attempts to perform these options all result in failure.

Apply 'upgrade' and we get
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E: /var/cache/apt/archives/mono-xsp_1.2.4-1.1ubuntu1_all.deb: subprocess
pre-installation script returned error exit status 2
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Apply 'removal' or 'complete removal' and we get
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E: mono-xsp: subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
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When I run "sudo apt-get install -f" I get the following information
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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libcairo-ruby libatk1-ruby libswfdec0.3 libflac++5c2 liboggflac3 libjack0.100.0-0 libglib2-ruby
libpango1-ruby libgdk-pixbuf2-ruby librexml-ruby mono-xsp-base mono-xsp libgtk2-ruby
libquicktime0
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  mono-xsp
The following packages will be upgraded:
  mono-xsp
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/69.7kB of archives.
After unpacking 4096B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? 
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 150523 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace mono-xsp 1.2.1-1ubuntu1 (using .../mono-xsp_1.2.4-1.1ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
 * Stopping XSP WebServer mono-xsp     /etc/init.d/mono-xsp: 95: Syntax error: Bad fd number
invoke-rc.d: initscript mono-xsp, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/mono-xsp_1.2.4-1.1ubuntu1_all.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 2
postinst failed `abort-upgrade'
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/mono-xsp_1.2.4-1.1ubuntu1_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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** Affects: xsp (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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'Software index is broken' after upgrade from Feisty to Gutsy
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/154992
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