package tex-common 4.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Abhijeet Borkar]

Was upgrading from 12.04 LTS to 14.04.2 LTS when the bug appeared during upgrade of TeX-Live

Description: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS
Release: 14.04

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: tex-common
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-58.97-generic 3.13.11-ckt22
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-58-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Jul 25 17:30:16 2015
DuplicateSignature: package:tex-common:4.04:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-07-11 (1109 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: tex-common
Title: package tex-common 4.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2015-07-25 (0 days ago)