package vim-tiny 2:7.2.330-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[Mark Pointing]

Binary package hint: vim

This appears on upgrade to 10.04, and persists on following "aptitude full-upgrade" operations it is related to the manual use of update-alternatives editor

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: vim-tiny 2:7.2.330-1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri May 14 14:26:31 2010
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
SourcePackage: vim
Title: package vim-tiny 2:7.2.330-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[Mark Pointing (mp035)]

I fixed this by running
[code]
sudo update-alternatives --remove-all editor~
[/code]
Note that the tilde (~) is intentional

[dino99 (9d9)]

Closing that outdated report as EOL has been reached long time ago