package apache2 2.4.29-1ubuntu4.3 failed to install/upgrade: installed apache2 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

[Diego]

.....ERROR: hook /usr/share/apport/general-hooks/ubuntu.py crashed:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 198, in _run_hook
    symb['add_info'](report, ui)
  File "/usr/share/apport/general-hooks/ubuntu.py", line 89, in add_info
    check_attachment_for_errors(report, attachment)
  File "/usr/share/apport/general-hooks/ubuntu.py", line 208, in check_attachment_for_errors
    trim_dpkg_log(report)
  File "/usr/share/apport/general-hooks/ubuntu.py", line 508, in trim_dpkg_log
    report['DpkgTerminalLog'] = '\n'.join([str(line.decode('utf-8')) for line in lines])
  File "/usr/share/apport/general-hooks/ubuntu.py", line 508, in <listcomp>
    report['DpkgTerminalLog'] = '\n'.join([str(line.decode('utf-8')) for line in lines])
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 19552: invalid continuation byte

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: apache2 2.4.29-1ubuntu4.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-116.140-generic 4.4.98
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-116-generic x86_64
Apache2ConfdDirListing: False
Apache2Modules: AH00558: apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1. Set the 'ServerName' directive globally to suppress this message
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Sep 18 19:43:19 2018
ErrorMessage: installed apache2 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-09-12 (5 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 16.04.4 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20180228)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.5, python3-minimal, 3.6.5-3ubuntu1
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.15rc1, python-minimal, 2.7.15~rc1-1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2
 apt 1.6.3ubuntu0.1
SourcePackage: apache2
Title: package apache2 2.4.29-1ubuntu4.3 failed to install/upgrade: installed apache2 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-09-18 (0 days ago)
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.apache2.conf: [modified]
mtime.conffile..etc.apache2.apache2.conf: 2018-09-14T13:12:14.635310

[Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)]

Thanks for filing this bug in Ubuntu.

This is the error that was logged by dpkg:
ERROR: Module reqtimeout not properly enabled: /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/reqtimeout.load is a real file, not touching it^M
^[[1mdpkg:^[[0m errore nell'elaborare il pacchetto apache2 (--configure):^M
 installed apache2 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1^M

In the Ubuntu packaging layout, the mods-enabled directory should only contain symlinks to the ../mods-available directory. Which modules are enabled or not is controlled by the a2enmod/a2dismod pair of tools, which manage these symlinks.

It looks like in your case you have an actual file in mods-enabled instead of a symlink.

Could you please verify this:

ls -la /etc/apache2/mods-{available,enabled}/reqtimeout.load

If you get two files back, please compare them. If you made any changes to the one in the mods-enabled directory, please make these changes in the file from the mods-available directory instead, then remove the one from mods-enabled and use "sudo a2enmod reqtimeout" to properly enable it.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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