[Bug 2038648] [NEW] package sosreport 4.4-1ubuntu0.18.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: installed sosreport package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

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This is what I got when I tried do-release-upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04

Setting up sosreport (4.4-1ubuntu0.18.04.1) ...
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/sos/report/plugins/gcp.py", line 99
    f"Failed to communicate with Metadata Server "
                                                 ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

dpkg: error processing package sosreport (--configure):
 installed sosreport package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 sosreport
ERROR: Cannot create report: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/crash/sosreport.0.crash'
Exception during pm.DoInstall():  E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: sosreport 4.4-1ubuntu0.18.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-213.224-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-213-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.29
AptOrdering: NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Oct  6 11:34:34 2023
Ec2AMI: ami-1e749f67
Ec2AMIManifest: (unknown)
Ec2AvailabilityZone: eu-west-1a
Ec2InstanceType: m3.xlarge
Ec2Kernel: unavailable
Ec2Ramdisk: unavailable
ErrorMessage: installed sosreport package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.5, Python 3.5.2, python3-minimal, 3.5.1-3
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.17, python-minimal, 2.7.15~rc1-1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2.4
 apt  1.6.17
SourcePackage: sosreport
Title: package sosreport 4.4-1ubuntu0.18.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: installed sosreport package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2023-10-06 (0 days ago)

** Affects: sosreport (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Invalid

** Affects: sosreport (Ubuntu Bionic)
     Importance: High
     Assignee: Arif Ali (arif-ali)
         Status: Incomplete


** Tags: amd64 apport-package ec2-images need-duplicate-check patch sts-sru-needed third-party-packages xenial
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package sosreport 4.4-1ubuntu0.18.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: installed sosreport package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
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