This same error happened upgrading a number of packages:
cpp
gawk
gcc
libgl1-mesa-glx
links
openssh-client
rubygems1.8
In all cases, the corresponding postinst files in /var/lib/dpkg/info/
contained "--quiet" as a flag to update-alternatives, which threw:
update-alternatives: unknown argument `--quiet'
Usage: update-alternatives --install <link> <name> <path> <priority>
update-alternatives --remove <name> <path>
update-alternatives --help
<link> is the link pointing to the provided path (ie. /usr/bin/foo).
<name> is the name in /usr/lib/opkg/alternatives/alternatives (ie. foo)
<path> is the name referred to (ie. /usr/bin/foo-extra-spiffy)
<priority> is an integer; options with higher numbers are chosen.
Removing the --quiet flag in the config files solved this problem
** Changed in: gcc-defaults (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
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package cpp 4:4.4.3-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage:
subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/647772
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