package python-support 1.0.10ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 139

[Eric Patton]

This error occurred while I was installing skype and all of its dependencies through synaptic.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: python-support 1.0.10ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic-pae 2.6.38.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jul 12 21:42:22 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 139
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: python-support
Title: package python-support 1.0.10ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 139
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-29 (74 days ago)

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Reviewing your log files attached to this bug report it seems that a package failed to install due to a segmentation fault in application being used by the package installation process. Unfortunately, this bug report isn't very useful in its current state and a crash report would be much more useful. Could you try recreating this issue by enabling apport to catch the crash report 'sudo service apport start force_start=1' and then trying to install the same package again? This process will create a new bug report so I am marking this one as Invalid. Thanks again for helping out!