package automake1.11 1:1.11.6-4 failed to install/upgrade: installed automake1.11 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2

[Karl-Philipp Richter]

Installation of automake1.11 fails to install due to

```
Setting up automake1.11 (1:1.11.6-4) ...
update-alternatives: error: cannot stat file '/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java': Too many levels of symbolic links
dpkg: error processing package automake1.11 (--configure):
 installed automake1.11 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 automake1.11
```

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: automake1.11 1:1.11.6-4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-29.31-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-29-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Jul 29 10:50:56 2018
DuplicateSignature:
 package:automake1.11:1:1.11.6-4
 Setting up automake1.11 (1:1.11.6-4) ...
 update-alternatives: error: cannot stat file '/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java': Too many levels of symbolic links
 dpkg: error processing package automake1.11 (--configure):
  installed automake1.11 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2
ErrorMessage: installed automake1.11 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2
PackageArchitecture: all
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 1.6.3
SourcePackage: automake1.11
Title: package automake1.11 1:1.11.6-4 failed to install/upgrade: installed automake1.11 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-04-30 (89 days ago)