package bzip2-doc 1.0.4-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Bernard Drapeau]

Binary package hint: bzip2

I installed the Snapshot of Ubuntu DVD i386 20080119
and updated the system.
The configuration failed.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Jan 21 15:01:03 2008
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: bzip2-doc 1.0.4-2ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: bzip2
Title: package bzip2-doc 1.0.4-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux silex 2.6.24-4-generic #1 SMP Mon Jan 14 17:30:39 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

[Bernard Drapeau (bernard-drapeau)]

I used dpkg to update my system.
I keep getting this error message:

Setting up bzip2-doc (1.0.4-2ubuntu2) ...
install-info(/usr/share/info/bzip2.info): warning, ignoring confusing INFO-DIR-ENTRY in file.

No `START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY' and no `This file documents'.
install-info(/usr/share/info/bzip2.info): unable to determine description for `dir' entry - giving up
dpkg: error processing bzip2-doc (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 bzip2-doc
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst)]

This has already been reported and fixed, marking as a duplicate.