upgrading to kubuntu 14.10: grub-common returned exit status 1

Bug #1395451 reported by Ian Proudler
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Bug Description

upgrading from kubuntu 14.04 to 14.10,

got a pop-up window saying "could not install 'grub-common'" and

subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

this was followed by another opo-up windows that said: "could not install the upgrade. your system could be in an unstable state.
a recovery will run m=now (dpkg --configure -a)."

At the same time I got a separate request to restart the system.

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 14.10
Release: 14.10

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Ian Proudler (ikp1) wrote :

just tried the restart. System is trashed. (this post from another PC).

tags: added: trusty
tags: added: dist-upgrade
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