package ca-certificates 20210119~20.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: installed ca-certificates package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

[Niels Braczek]

I played around with certificates in docker containers earlier this day, which should not have affected host configuration.

Now I was presented an update, which I started, resulting in a crash.

Description: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
Release: 20.04

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: ca-certificates 20210119~20.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-65.73-generic 5.4.78
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-65-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.16
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Wed Feb 3 23:23:54 2021
ErrorMessage: installed ca-certificates package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-02 (2285 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.5, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.5, unpackaged
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.7ubuntu3
 apt 2.0.4
SourcePackage: ca-certificates
Title: package ca-certificates 20210119~20.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: installed ca-certificates package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-08-02 (185 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.