package grub-pc 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.11 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration

Bug #1700291 reported by Jeff Frazier
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This bug affects 7 people
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dpkg (Ubuntu)
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grub2 (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

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(Reading database ... 241852 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../grub-pc-bin_2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.11_i386.deb ...
Unpacking grub-pc-bin (2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.11) over (2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.9) ...
Preparing to unpack .../grub2-common_2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.11_i386.deb ...
Unpacking grub2-common (2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.11) over (2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.9) ...
Preparing to unpack .../grub-common_2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.11_i386.deb ...
Unpacking grub-common (2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.11) over (2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.9) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Processing triggers for install-info (6.1.0.dfsg.1-5) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu17) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot
Setting up grub-common (2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.11) ...
update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling back to defaults
Setting up grub-pc-bin (2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.11) ...
Setting up grub2-common (2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.11) ...
dpkg: error processing package grub-pc (--configure):
 package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
 reinstall it before attempting configuration
Errors were encountered while processing:
 grub-pc
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: grub-pc 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-54.57~16.04.1-generic 4.8.17
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-54-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Jun 24 14:11:02 2017
DuplicateSignature:
 package:grub-pc:2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.11
 Setting up grub2-common (2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.11) ...
 dpkg: error processing package grub-pc (--configure):
  package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
ErrorMessage: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-13 (41 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release i386 (20170215.2)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.8.0-54-generic root=UUID=15f04e42-5d73-494b-8550-f230f4b8ace9 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
 apt 1.2.20
SourcePackage: grub2
Title: package grub-pc 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.11 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Revision history for this message
Jeff Frazier (jwf1lmv) wrote :
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in dpkg (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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