package nova-common 2012.1-0ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Nicolae Paladi]

While upgrading from Ubuntu 10.04 to 12.04, the
package nova-common 2012.11-0ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: nova-common 2012.1-0ubuntu2.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.33 x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue May 22 18:43:00 2012
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20120214.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: nova
Title: package nova-common 2012.1-0ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-22 (0 days ago)

[Adam Gandelman (gandelman-a)]

This looks like an upgrade from a third party PPA (2012.1~e4~20120210.12585-0ubuntu0ppa1~lucid1) used on 10.04. Nova didn't officially exist in Ubuntu until 11.10. Marking Invalid as this is an unsupported upgrade path.