Public bug reported:

lsb_release -rd
Description:    Ubuntu 17.04
Release:        17.04

apt-cache policy grub2
grub2:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2.1
  Version table:
     2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2.1 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates/universe amd64 
Packages
     2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/universe amd64 Packages
sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-headers-4.10.0-19 linux-headers-4.10.0-19-generic
  linux-headers-4.10.0-21 linux-headers-4.10.0-21-generic
  linux-image-4.10.0-19-generic linux-image-4.10.0-21-generic
  linux-image-extra-4.10.0-19-generic linux-image-extra-4.10.0-21-generic
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/529 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
dpkg: error processing package grub2-common (--configure):
 package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
 reinstall it before attempting configuration
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of grub-pc:
 grub-pc depends on grub2-common (= 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2.1); however:
  Package grub2-common is not configured yet.

No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup 
error from a previous failure.
                          dpkg: error processing package grub-pc (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 grub2-common
 grub-pc
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Software update via Software Updater app fails on the install of this
grub2 package.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: grub2-common 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-24.28-generic 4.10.15
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jun 28 15:30:31 2017
DuplicateSignature:
 package:grub2-common:2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2.1
 Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
 ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot
 dpkg: error processing package grub2-common (--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 2017-05-26 (33 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-24-generic 
root=UUID=5cf174fc-fc6a-490c-916b-32dd1b87f129 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu2
 apt  1.4
SourcePackage: grub2
Title: package grub2-common 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2.1 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)

** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-package zesty

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Title:
  package grub2-common 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade:
  package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should  reinstall it
  before attempting configuration

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