[Bug 1211151] Re: package dictionaries-common 1.20.2 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255

[Marty Lucich]

sudo aptitude reinstall dictionaries-common
The following packages will be REINSTALLED:
  dictionaries-common 
The following partially installed packages will be configured:
  hyphen-en-us myspell-en-au mythes-en-au openoffice.org-hyphenation 
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.
E: Internal Error, No file name for dictionaries-common:amd64

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Title:
  package dictionaries-common 1.20.2 failed to install/upgrade:
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned
  error exit status 255

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

Bug description:
  Happened when doing "do-release-upgrade -d" to the current 13.10 from
  13.04

  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu Saucy Salamander (development branch)
  Release:	13.10

  $ apt-cache policy dictionaries-common
  dictionaries-common:
    Installed: 1.20.2
    Candidate: 1.20.2
    Version table:
   *** 1.20.2 0
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: dictionaries-common 1.20.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-25.37-generic 3.8.13
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-25-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.12-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Aug 12 00:51:10 2013
  DuplicateSignature: package:dictionaries-common:1.20.2:ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255
  ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-19 (296 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: dictionaries-common
  Title: package dictionaries-common 1.20.2 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-08-11 (0 days ago)

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