package microcode.ctl 1.17-13.1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[dhiraj]

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ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: microcode.ctl 1.17-13.1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-34.55-generic 3.5.7.13
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-34-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu11
AptOrdering:
 microcode.ctl: Install
 intel-microcode: Install
 man-db: Configure
 microcode.ctl: Configure
 intel-microcode: Configure
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jun 27 22:51:19 2013
DuplicateSignature: package:microcode.ctl:1.17-13.1ubuntu2:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-06-10 (17 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130213)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: microcode.ctl
Title: package microcode.ctl 1.17-13.1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2013-06-24 (3 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[psl (slansky)]

Ubuntu 12.04.4, i386

$ sudo apt-get install intel-microcode
....
Setting up microcode.ctl (1.17-13.1ubuntu2) ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/update-intel-microcode", line 24, in <module>
    results = json.loads(data)['results']
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/json/__init__.py", line 326, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/json/decoder.py", line 366, in decode
    obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/json/decoder.py", line 384, in raw_decode
    raise ValueError("No JSON object could be decoded")
ValueError: No JSON object could be decoded
update-rc.d: warning: microcode.ctl start runlevel arguments (S) do not match LSB Default-Start values (2 3 4 5)
update-rc.d: warning: microcode.ctl stop runlevel arguments (none) do not match LSB Default-Stop values (0 1 6)
Applying Intel IA32 Microcode update... done.

$ grep name /proc/cpuinfo
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz