Just hit the exactly same issue while trying to upgrade from 19.04 to
19.10

root@ferma:~# ls -l /usr/bin/python*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      24 Oct 23 22:37 /usr/bin/python -> 
/etc/alternatives/python
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       9 Mar  4  2019 /usr/bin/python2 -> python2.7
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3691008 Oct  7 19:36 /usr/bin/python2.7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      25 Oct 23 22:52 /usr/bin/python3 -> 
/etc/alternatives/python3
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    1797 Jul 12  2017 /usr/bin/python3-unidiff
-rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4877888 Oct  7 14:56 /usr/bin/python3.7
-rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4877888 Oct  7 14:56 /usr/bin/python3.7m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      10 Mar 26  2019 /usr/bin/python3m -> python3.7m
root@ferma:~# ls -l /etc/alternatives/python
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Oct 23 22:53 /etc/alternatives/python -> 
/usr/bin/python2.7
root@ferma:~# ls -l /etc/alternatives/python3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Oct 23 22:55 /etc/alternatives/python3 -> 
/usr/bin/python3.7
root@ferma:~# rm /usr/bin/python

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Title:
  do-release-upgrade fails with "Your python3 install is corrupted" if
  /usr/bin/python points to /etc/alternatives/python

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