I experienced the same updating from 13.04 to 13.10 but it just put up an error message that the package install had failed. I clicked OK and the update continued, although it spat out a few more errors at the end. The system works, everything seems to have been upgraded OK, including TeX, which appears to work correctly (modulo the apparent continued presence of hal).
I ran apt-get autoremove as usual after an update and it got rid of a bunch of outdated stuff, but because that included a couple of old LaTeX packages, it triggered tex-common to remake the indexes and generate fresh formats. This wasn't a show-stopper, and in any case I am not updating production machines away from LTS yet. I know the Ubuntu and TeX devs are overstretched, but if there is anything a regular user like me can do to help, shout. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1236951 Title: package tex-common 4.04 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tex-common/+bug/1236951/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
