sa-compile failed leading to upgrade abort from 14.04 to 16.04

[David Ho]

Not sure it is wise to run a compilation step when the gcc and libstdc++ is in a precarious state. I believe this is the root cause of the problem.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: sa-compile 3.4.1-3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Aug 4 08:04:16 2016
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-07 (759 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
 apt 1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1
SourcePackage: spamassassin
Title: package sa-compile 3.4.1-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-08-04 (0 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer)]

Hi David,
I think this is a valid bug, just recently I've looked at a similar one.

I'll close this as dup thou, as on the other bug I already asked for configuration details and more background. Please chime in there so that we can find a reproducible case to fix.