package hddtemp 0.3-beta15-53 failed to install/upgrade: installed hddtemp package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 128

[Marius Gedminas]

I was upgrading a laptop with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS to 18.04 LTS using sudo do-release-upgrade over SSH and the upgrade failed and prompted me to send this bug report.

Hope the logs contain sufficient information; the UnicodeDecodeError from an apport hook that scrolled past the terminal did not look good.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: hddtemp 0.3-beta15-53
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-135.161-generic 4.4.140
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-135-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Sep 16 11:43:15 2018
ErrorMessage: installed hddtemp package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 128
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-02 (2143 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.5, python3-minimal, 3.6.5-3ubuntu1
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.15rc1, python-minimal, 2.7.15~rc1-1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2
 apt 1.6.3ubuntu0.1
SourcePackage: hddtemp
Title: package hddtemp 0.3-beta15-53 failed to install/upgrade: installed hddtemp package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 128
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-09-16 (0 days ago)