#874012 aptitude: "Internal Error, No file name" on reinstall request

Package:
apt
Source:
apt
Description:
commandline package manager
Submitter:
Yann Dirson
Date:
2017-09-30 14:42:07 UTC
Severity:
normal
#874012#5
Date:
2017-09-01 21:52:40 UTC
From:
To:
texlive-htmlxml is in unconfigured state and postinst will not complete
without a reinstall (files got missing after downgrade due to Replaces
issue).  But aptitude would not reinstall it:

root@home:~# aptitude reinstall texlive-htmlxml
The following packages will be REINSTALLED:
  texlive-htmlxml
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  cpp-7{u} gnustep-base-common{u} gnustep-common{u} libasan4{u}
  libboost-test1.62.0{u} libboost-timer1.62.0{u}
The following partially installed packages will be configured:
      tex-common texlive texlive-extra-utils texlive-font-utils
      texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-games
      texlive-generic-recommended texlive-lang-french texlive-latex-base
      texlive-latex-extra
        texlive-latex-recommended texlive-luatex texlive-metapost
	texlive-pictures texlive-xetex
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 6 to remove and 396 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 158 MB will be freed.
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E: Internal Error, No file name for texlive-htmlxml:amd64

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