Comment 12 for bug 1003100

When Attempting the procedure detailed at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed:

Here is my result:

# sudo aptitude install update-notifier-common/precise-proposed
The following packages will be upgraded:
  update-notifier-common
The following partially installed packages will be configured:
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer update-notifier
1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 24 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/221 kB of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Y
Setting up update-notifier-common (0.119ubuntu8.2) ...
ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloader", line 234, in process_download_requests
    dest_file = urllib.urlretrieve(files[i])[0]
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 93, in urlretrieve
    return _urlopener.retrieve(url, filename, reporthook, data)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 239, in retrieve
    fp = self.open(url, data)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 207, in open
    return getattr(self, name)(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 344, in open_http
    h.endheaders(data)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 954, in endheaders
    self._send_output(message_body)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 814, in _send_output
    self.send(msg)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 776, in send
    self.connect()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 757, in connect
    self.timeout, self.source_address)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 553, in create_connection
    for res in getaddrinfo(host, port, 0, SOCK_STREAM):
IOError: [Errno socket error] [Errno -2] Name or service not known
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloader", line 296, in <module>
    process_download_requests()
  File "/usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloader", line 292, in process_download_requests
    trigger_update_notifier(our_failures)
  File "/usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloader", line 150, in trigger_update_notifier
    {'packages' : ", ".join(packages)}))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/string.py", line 172, in substitute
    return self.pattern.sub(convert, self.template)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/string.py", line 162, in convert
    val = mapping[named]
KeyError: 'paquetes'
dpkg: error processing update-notifier-common (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ttf-mscorefonts-installer:
 ttf-mscorefonts-installer depends on update-notifier-common (>= 0.119ubuntu2); however:
  Package update-notifier-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ttf-mscorefonts-installer (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of update-notifier:
 update-notifier depends on update-notifier-common (= 0.119ubuntu8.4); however:
  Version of update-notifier-common on system is 0.119ubuntu8.2.
dpkg: error processing update-notifier (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                          No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                                    Errors were encountered while processing:
 update-notifier-common
 ttf-mscorefonts-installer
 update-notifier
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of update-notifier:
 update-notifier depends on update-notifier-common (= 0.119ubuntu8.4); however:
  Version of update-notifier-common on system is 0.119ubuntu8.2.
dpkg: error processing update-notifier (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up update-notifier-common (0.119ubuntu8.2) ...
ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloader", line 234, in process_download_requests
    dest_file = urllib.urlretrieve(files[i])[0]
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 93, in urlretrieve
    return _urlopener.retrieve(url, filename, reporthook, data)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 239, in retrieve
    fp = self.open(url, data)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 207, in open
    return getattr(self, name)(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 344, in open_http
    h.endheaders(data)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 954, in endheaders
    self._send_output(message_body)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 814, in _send_output
    self.send(msg)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 776, in send
    self.connect()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 757, in connect
    self.timeout, self.source_address)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 553, in create_connection
    for res in getaddrinfo(host, port, 0, SOCK_STREAM):
IOError: [Errno socket error] [Errno -2] Name or service not known
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloader", line 296, in <module>
    process_download_requests()
  File "/usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloader", line 292, in process_download_requests
    trigger_update_notifier(our_failures)
  File "/usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloader", line 150, in trigger_update_notifier
    {'packages' : ", ".join(packages)}))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/string.py", line 172, in substitute
    return self.pattern.sub(convert, self.template)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/string.py", line 162, in convert
    val = mapping[named]
KeyError: 'paquetes'
dpkg: error processing update-notifier-common (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ttf-mscorefonts-installer:
 ttf-mscorefonts-installer depends on update-notifier-common (>= 0.119ubuntu2); however:
  Package update-notifier-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ttf-mscorefonts-installer (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 update-notifier
 update-notifier-common
 ttf-mscorefonts-installer