package enscript 1.6.4-12ubuntu0.8.10.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #301761 reported by racecar56
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enscript (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: enscript

Now enscript has gone insane!
apt-get sure does break easy!
apport (or whatever that exclamation point thing is in Ubuntu) led me here also.

racecar56@racecar56-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get remove enscript
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  gettext
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  enscript
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 2499kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 105949 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing enscript ...
install-info: No dir file specified; try --help for more information.
dpkg: error processing enscript (--remove):
 subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 enscript
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
racecar56@racecar56-laptop:~$

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: enscript 1.6.4-12ubuntu0.8.10.1
SourcePackage: enscript
Title: package enscript 1.6.4-12ubuntu0.8.10.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic x86_64

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racecar56 (racecar56) wrote :
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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

Did you install a version of texinfo or texlive by hand ?
What is the output of the command:
install-info --version

Thanks.

Changed in enscript:
status: New → Incomplete
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etali (etali) wrote :

We'd like to figure out what's causing this bug for you, but we haven't heard back from you in a while. Could you please provide the requested information? Thanks!

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racecar56 (racecar56) wrote :

Sorry, but I do not have the installation that had this bug, I cannot provide any more information.

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

Thanks for following up. We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. Thanks again!

Changed in enscript (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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