package desktop-file-utils 0.20-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 139

[Aaron B. Russell]

A routine aptitude safe-upgrade failed on this package.

Description: Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS
Release: 12.04

Expected behaviour:
Package would have upgraded correctly

Actual behaviour:
Error "package desktop-file-utils 0.20-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 139"

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: desktop-file-utils 0.20-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-60.91-generic 3.2.55
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-60-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Mar 10 05:21:39 2014
DuplicateSignature: package:desktop-file-utils:0.20-0ubuntu3:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 139
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 139
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: desktop-file-utils
Title: package desktop-file-utils 0.20-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 139
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
mtime.conffile..etc.gnome.defaults.list: 2013-12-19T23:45:52

[Aaron B. Russell (aaronr)]

Not a bug, something must have gone wrong when installing this package. Running "aptitude reinstall desktop-file-utils" fixed it