I hit this bug, too, but only at the "Preconfiguring packages ..." stage, with "dpkg-reconfigure dictionaries-common" it works fine.
[UPGRADE] dictionaries-common 0.90.1 -> 0.95.1 [UPGRADE] wfrench 1.2.3-1 -> 1.2.3-2 -- Lionel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

