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** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apport in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1424224 Title: fail to update if /usr/bin/python points to python3 instead of python2 Status in apport package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I'm running Kubuntu 14.10 x86_64 =========================================================== $ sudo apt-get upgrade -y Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... The following packages will be upgraded: apport 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 2 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/183 kB of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. (Reading database ... 232121 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../apport_2.14.7-0ubuntu8.2_all.deb ... apport stop/waiting File "/usr/bin/pyclean", line 63 except (IOError, OSError), e: ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: trying script from the new package instead ... File "/usr/bin/pyclean", line 63 except (IOError, OSError), e: ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/apport_2.14.7-0ubuntu8.2_all.deb (--unpack): subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/pycompile", line 35, in <module> from debpython.version import SUPPORTED, debsorted, vrepr, \ File "/usr/share/python/debpython/version.py", line 24, in <module> from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser ImportError: No module named 'ConfigParser' dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/apport_2.14.7-0ubuntu8.2_all.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ============================================================================= $ sudo apt-get remove --purge apport Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: apport* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 2 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 1,327 kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] dpkg: error processing package apport (--purge): package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting a removal Errors were encountered while processing: apport E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1424224/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp