Public bug reported: I just noticed this when installed some package that installed doc-base as a dependency:
Setting up doc-base (0.10.7) ... Registering 16 doc-base files... Error in `/usr/share/doc-base/xapian-python3-docs', line 9: all `Format' sections are invalid. Note: `install-docs --verbose --check file_name' may give more details about the above error. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: doc-base 0.10.7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-119.143-generic 4.4.114 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-119-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.16 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Apr 13 15:45:33 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-11-13 (2342 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 10.04.3 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20110719.2) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: doc-base UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2017-09-21 (204 days ago) ** Affects: doc-base (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1763708 Title: doc-base: some errors reported during postinstall To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/doc-base/+bug/1763708/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs