package texlive-doc-base 2007.dfsg.2-2 failed to install/upgrade: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal.

[Winston Damon]

I tried to upgrade ubuntu and all hell broke loose.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Sep 9 13:55:25 2011
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Log started: 2011-09-09 13:55:25
 dpkg: error processing texlive-doc-base (--remove):
  Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
  reinstall it before attempting a removal.
ErrorMessage: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal.
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: texlive-doc-base 2007.dfsg.2-2
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-23.75-generic
SourcePackage: texlive-doc
Title: package texlive-doc-base 2007.dfsg.2-2 failed to install/upgrade: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-23-generic i686

[dino99 (9d9)]

This version has expired long times ago, and so will never get support