[Bug 1633711] Re: package update-notifier-common 3.168.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 139

[Seth Arnold]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu
better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears
to be a "regular" (non-security) bug.  I have unmarked it as a security
issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to
cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy.
Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

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Title:
  package update-notifier-common 3.168.1 failed to install/upgrade:
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
  status 139

Status in update-notifier package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  lsb_release -rd

  Description:	Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
  Release:	16.04

  apt-cache policy update-notifier

  update-notifier:
    Installed: 3.168.1
    Candidate: 3.168.1
    Version table:
   *** 3.168.1 500
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main i386 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       3.168 500
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: update-notifier-common 3.168.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-42.62-lowlatency 4.4.21
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-42-lowlatency i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
  AptOrdering:
   pepflashplugin-installer: Purge
   NULL: ConfigurePending
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Fri Oct 14 04:43:06 2016
  DuplicateSignature:
   package:update-notifier-common:3.168.1
   Processing triggers for update-notifier-common (3.168.1) ...
   Segmentation fault (core dumped)
   dpkg: error processing package update-notifier-common (--purge):
    subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 139
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 139
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-06-08 (494 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release i386 (20150422)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
   apt  1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1
  SourcePackage: update-notifier
  Title: package update-notifier-common 3.168.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 139
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-06-18 (118 days ago)
  modified.conffile..etc.apt.apt.conf.d.10periodic:
   APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
   APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0";
   APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "0";
   APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "0";
  mtime.conffile..etc.apt.apt.conf.d.10periodic: 2015-11-10T17:34:11.288134

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