The attached dpkg history log only shows that you were upgrading base-
files from version 9.4ubuntu to version 9.4ubuntu4.2. It does not show
what happened to leave this package in an inconsistent state. Do you
know anything more than what is included in the attached logs?
** Changed in: base-files (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1608251
Title:
package base-files 9.4ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: package is in
a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before
attempting configuration
Status in base-files package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 338 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/68.7 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
dpkg: error processing package base-files (--configure):
package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
reinstall it before attempting configuration
Errors were encountered while processing:
base-files
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: base-files 9.4ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Jul 31 22:18:01 2016
Dependencies:
DpkgTerminalLog:
dpkg: error processing package base-files (--configure):
package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
reinstall it before attempting configuration
ErrorMessage: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
reinstall it before attempting configuration
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-07-31 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64
(20160420.1)
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1
apt 1.2.10ubuntu1
SourcePackage: base-files
Title: package base-files 9.4ubuntu4 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)
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