Seems to be a defoma bug. Moving to defoma. In current versions of Ubuntru it should not occur any more as Ghostscript does not use Defoma any more.
** Package changed: ghostscript (Ubuntu) => defoma (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/657411 Title: package ghostscript 8.71.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5.3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 9 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/defoma/+bug/657411/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs