[Bug 1026778] Re: Package does not upgrade cleanly from precise

[roland]

This happened during the upgrade fromm 12.10 to 13.04.

The "fix" in my case was running: 
$ sudo /usr/share/debconf/fix_db.pl

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Title:
  Package does not upgrade cleanly from precise

Status in “dictionaries-common” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “dictionaries-common” source package in Quantal:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  This package does not upgrade cleanly from precise -> quantal. I get
  the following:

  update-default-wordlist: Question empty but elements installed for class "wordlist"
    dictionaries-common/default-wordlist: return code: "0", value: ""
    Choices: , Manual symlink setting
    shared/packages-wordlist: return code: "10" owners/error: "shared/packages-wordlist doesn't exist"
    Installed elements: american (American English), british (British English)

    Please see "/usr/share/doc/dictionaries-common/README.problems", section
    "Debconf database corruption" for recovery info.

  update-default-wordlist: Selected wordlist "" 
  does not correspond to any installed package in the system
  and no alternative wordlist could be selected.
  dpkg: error processing dictionaries-common (--configure):
   subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: dictionaries-common 1.12.9
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-5.5-generic 3.5.0-rc7
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-5-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.4-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Jul 20 07:47:52 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: dictionaries-common
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-07-19 (0 days ago)

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