[Master] font package failed to install/upgrade: post-installation exit status 1 - /etc/defoma/hints/ttf-dejavu-extra.hints: Unable to open, or empty

Binary package hint: ttf-dejavu

Under certain circumstances font packages failed to install with the following error:

Setting up ttf-konatu (24-3) ...
/etc/defoma/hints/ttf-konatu.hints: Unable to open, or empty.
dpkg: error processing ttf-konatu (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

This is due to a corrupted hint file.

== Workaround ==
To workaround it, open a terminal and run the following commands:
$ sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/ttf-dejavu-extra.prerm
$ sudo apt-get remove --purge ttf-dejavu-extra
$ sudo apt-get clean

Then try performing the install again.
Replace the font file name (e.g. ttf-dejavu-extra) by the font name failing on your system.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Feb 13 18:05:45 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: el subproceso script post-installation instalado devolvió el código de salida de error 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: ttf-dejavu-extra 2.29-2
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic
SourcePackage: ttf-dejavu
Title: package ttf-dejavu-extra 2.29-2 failed to install/upgrade: el subproceso script post-installation instalado devolvió el código de salida de error 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic i686