package libclucene-core1v5 2.3.3.4-4.1 failed to install/upgrade: there is no script in the new version of the package - giving up

[leif wennerberg]

upgraded from 16.04 yesterday. Have had many errors caught by apport, often repeatedly having to send reports. this error followed 1st startup in the am.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: libclucene-core1v5 2.3.3.4-4.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-29.31~16.04.1-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-29-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Aug 3 20:45:26 2018
Dependencies:
 gcc-8-base 8-20180414-1ubuntu2
 libc6 2.27-3ubuntu1
 libgcc1 1:8-20180414-1ubuntu2
 libstdc++6 8-20180414-1ubuntu2
 zlib1g 1:1.2.11.dfsg-0ubuntu2
ErrorMessage: there is no script in the new version of the package - giving up
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-02-18 (167 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2
 apt 1.2.27
SourcePackage: clucene-core
Title: package libclucene-core1v5 2.3.3.4-4.1 failed to install/upgrade: there is no script in the new version of the package - giving up
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-08-04 (0 days ago)