In my case, this bug was encountered after an unusual hard freeze of the system. I did not confirm any update dialog before, just left the computer for a nap.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to shared-mime-info in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/864228 Title: package shared-mime-info 0.90-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 134 Status in shared-mime-info package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: no details, the package simply was not installed during system update. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: shared-mime-info 0.90-1ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.50-generic 2.6.38.8 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Oct 1 20:26:21 2011 ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 134 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) SourcePackage: shared-mime-info Title: package shared-mime-info 0.90-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 134 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shared-mime-info/+bug/864228/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp