Public bug reported:

I'm running Kubuntu 14.10 x86_64

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$ sudo apt-get upgrade -y
Reading package lists...                                                        
                            
Building dependency tree...                                                     
                             
Reading state information...                                                    
                              
The following packages will be upgraded:                                        
                              
  apport                                                                        
                              
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.                  
                                
2 not fully installed or removed.                                               
                                 
Need to get 0 B/183 kB of archives.                                             
                                 
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.                
                                
(Reading database ... 232121 files and directories currently installed.)        
                                  
Preparing to unpack .../apport_2.14.7-0ubuntu8.2_all.deb ...                    
                                  
apport stop/waiting                                                             
                                   
  File "/usr/bin/pyclean", line 63                                              
                                  
    except (IOError, OSError), e:                                               
                                   
                             ^                                                  
                                  
SyntaxError: invalid syntax                                                     
                                   
dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1   
                                   
dpkg: trying script from the new package instead ...                            
                                  
  File "/usr/bin/pyclean", line 63                                              
                                  
    except (IOError, OSError), e:                                               
                                   
                             ^                                                  
                                  
SyntaxError: invalid syntax                                                     
                                   
dpkg: error processing archive 
/var/cache/apt/archives/apport_2.14.7-0ubuntu8.2_all.deb (--unpack):            
    
 subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1                 
                                   
Traceback (most recent call last):                                              
                                  
  File "/usr/bin/pycompile", line 35, in <module>                               
                                   
    from debpython.version import SUPPORTED, debsorted, vrepr, \
  File "/usr/share/python/debpython/version.py", line 24, in <module>
    from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
ImportError: No module named 'ConfigParser'
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/apport_2.14.7-0ubuntu8.2_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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$ sudo apt-get remove --purge apport
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  apport*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 1,327 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
dpkg: error processing package apport (--purge):
 package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
 reinstall it before attempting a removal
Errors were encountered while processing:
 apport
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

** Affects: apport (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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  fail to update if /usr/bin/python points to python3 instead of python2

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