Update manager has crashed : package postgresql-8.4 8.4.14-0ubuntu10.04 failed to install/upgrade: le sous-processus script post-installation installé a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 1

[Wintermute]

Update manager crashed following an update notification that I agreed.
I'm using ubuntu 10.04 64.

I expected that the update process would run as usual.
Instead it ended with an error message that postgresql could not be updated.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: postgresql-8.4 8.4.14-0ubuntu10.04
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-43.97-generic 2.6.32.59+drm33.24
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-43-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Oct 2 08:16:13 2012
ErrorMessage: le sous-processus script post-installation installé a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
SourcePackage: postgresql-8.4
Title: package postgresql-8.4 8.4.14-0ubuntu10.04 failed to install/upgrade: le sous-processus script post-installation installé a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 1

[dino99 (9d9)]

That version is no more supported; and backport is not expected as its not a 'security' problem