package python3-apt 0.9.3.5ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 139

[Dudule Crapouille]

Failure to load python-apt package after updateto 14.04 Ubuntu server version

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: python3-apt 0.9.3.5ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-49.81-generic 3.13.11-ckt17
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-49-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Mar 30 22:30:54 2015
DuplicateSignature: package:python3-apt:0.9.3.5ubuntu1:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 139
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 139
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-01-30 (789 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.2)
SourcePackage: python-apt
Title: package python3-apt 0.9.3.5ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 139
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-05-01 (334 days ago)

[Julian Andres Klode (juliank)]

Seems like something else was broken if the postinst script segfaults.