Thanks for reporting this bug. This looks to actually be a bug in hookutils.py in the apport package:
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/hookutils.py", line 135, in attach_conffiles if contents == '[deleted]' or contents.startswith('[inaccessible'): TypeError: startswith first arg must be bytes or a tuple of bytes, not str I will refile it there and mark it high priority. ** Also affects: apport (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to backuppc in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1262139 Title: I have backuppc installed running fine, but after any update I get this error To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1262139/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs