package python-configobj 4.7.1-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

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ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: python-configobj 4.7.1-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-25.45-generic 2.6.32.21+drm33.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic i686
AptOrdering: python-configobj: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Oct 29 08:54:52 2010
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: configobj
Title: package python-configobj 4.7.1-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[Stefano Rivera (stefanor)]

This looks like a relatively well-known problem, caused by data corruption. See bug #512096 for a description of the issue, and workarounds. I'm marking this as a duplicate of that bug.