package language-selector-common 0.6.7 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

Bug #766608 reported by Budoc
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: language-selector

Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10

language-selector:
  Installed: 0.6.7
  Candidate: 0.6.7
  Version table:
 *** 0.6.7 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.6.6 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages

I attempted to install my available updates using sudo aptitude safe-upgrade and I got this error message:

Setting up language-selector-common (0.6.7) ...
dpkg: error processing language-selector-common (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of language-selector:
 language-selector depends on language-selector-common (= 0.6.7); however:
  Package language-selector-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing language-selector (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for python-central ...
No apport report written because the error message indicates it's a follow-up error from a previous failure.
                            Errors were encountered while processing:
 language-selector-common
 language-selector
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up language-selector-common (0.6.7) ...
dpkg: error processing language-selector-common (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of language-selector:
 language-selector depends on language-selector-common (= 0.6.7); however:
  Package language-selector-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing language-selector (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for python-central ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 language-selector-common
 language-selector

Current status: 0 updates [-4].

I expected to be able to install all the available updates without an error message appearing.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: language-selector-common 0.6.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-28.50-generic 2.6.35.11
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-28-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Apr 19 22:48:17 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release Candidate i386 (20100928)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: language-selector
Title: package language-selector-common 0.6.7 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

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