I have been hit by the same bug during 3 different upgrades of kubuntu, from feisty to gutsy. The only thing I can add to the bug is that I noticed during the configuration of the new debconf app-armor killed it as a stack smashing attempt.... It all went downhill from there.
-- Could not install 'debconf' during System upgrade 7.04 to 7.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147429 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs