This must have occured because screen-profiles attempted to update instead of be removed in replace for byobu. I had the same problem on an upgrade from Jaunty to Karmic.
** Changed in: byobu (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- package screen-profiles 2.17-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/392780 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs