package tex-common 3.15 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #1244967 reported by Keith Gaughan
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Bug Description

Upgrading from a Dell XPS 13 ultrabook (Project Sputnik) from 12.04 > 12.10 > 13.04 > 13.10 to work around periodic hangs. First two upgrades went fine.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: tex-common 3.15
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-32.47-generic 3.8.13.10
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-32-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Oct 26 09:21:31 2013
DistributionChannelDescriptor:
 # This is a distribution channel descriptor
 # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor
 canonical-oem-somerville-precise-amd64-20120703-2
DuplicateSignature: package:tex-common:3.15:ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-23 (155 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20120703-15:08
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: tex-common
Title: package tex-common 3.15 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-26 (0 days ago)

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Keith Gaughan (kmgaughan) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : This bug is a duplicate

Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make this software better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #1241563, so 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. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
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