package dictionaries-common 1.12.1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255

Bug #947955 reported by Леонид
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Bug Description

error on upgrade 11.10 to 12.04

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: dictionaries-common 1.12.1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.28-generic 3.2.9
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 1.94-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Mar 6 15:26:11 2012
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110901)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: dictionaries-common
Title: package dictionaries-common 1.12.1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-06 (0 days ago)

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Леонид (cleverseo) wrote :
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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

Thanks for your report.

Errors from the log:
Processing triggers for man-db ...
debconf: DbDriver "config": could not open /var/cache/debconf/config.dat
dpkg: error processing man-db (--unpack):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 man-db

and
update-default-wordlist: Question empty but elements installed for class "wordlist"
  dictionaries-common/default-wordlist: return code: "0", value: ""
  Choices: , настройка символьных ссылок вручную
  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

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era (era) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #873551, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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