[orca-list] an espeak/espeakup issue?

[tim <isfeldt gmail com>]

Hello all, this isn't exactly orca related, but on my debian box, I 
encountered this issue when upgrading, the lines are as follows,  
tim@debian:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
[sudo] password for tim:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  libfreerdp-cache1.1 libfreerdp-client1.1 libfreerdp-core1.1
  libfreerdp-gdi1.1
The following packages will be upgraded:
  espeakup
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/37.2 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
Reading changelogs... Done
(Reading database ... 218768 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../espeakup_1%3a0.80-5+deb9u3_i386.deb ...
Failed to stop espeakup.service: Unit espeakup.service not loaded.
invoke-rc.d: initscript espeakup, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit 
status 5
dpkg: trying script from the new package instead ...
Failed to stop espeakup.service: Unit espeakup.service not loaded.
invoke-rc.d: initscript espeakup, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing archive 
/var/cache/apt/archives/espeakup_1%3a0.80-5+deb9u3_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 5
update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; 
falling back to defaults
Failed to start espeakup.service: Unit espeakup.service is not loaded 
properly: Invalid argument.
See system logs and 'systemctl status espeakup.service' for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript espeakup, action "start" failed.
● espeakup.service - Software speech output for Speakup
   Loaded: error (Reason: Invalid argument)
   Active: inactive (dead)
     Docs: man:espeakup(8)

Feb 27 18:11:49 debian systemd[1]: 
[/lib/systemd/system/espeakup.service:12…CE}'
Feb 27 18:11:49 debian systemd[1]: espeakup.service: Service lacks both 
Exe…ing.
Feb 27 18:17:54 debian systemd[1]: 
[/lib/systemd/system/espeakup.service:12…CE}'
Feb 27 18:17:54 debian systemd[1]: espeakup.service: Service lacks both 
Exe…ing.
Feb 27 18:17:55 debian systemd[1]: 
[/lib/systemd/system/espeakup.service:12…CE}'
Feb 27 18:17:55 debian systemd[1]: espeakup.service: Service lacks both 
Exe…ing.
Feb 27 18:17:56 debian systemd[1]: 
[/lib/systemd/system/espeakup.service:12…CE}'
Feb 27 18:17:56 debian systemd[1]: espeakup.service: Service lacks both 
Exe…ing.
Feb 27 18:17:57 debian systemd[1]: 
[/lib/systemd/system/espeakup.service:12…CE}'
Feb 27 18:17:57 debian systemd[1]: espeakup.service: Service lacks both 
Exe…ing.
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dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/espeakup_1%3a0.80-5+deb9u3_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1