package hicolor-icon-theme 0.15-1 failed to install/upgrade: triggers looping, abandoned

[Dylan Livingston]

gave an error while trying to upgrade from 16.04 to 16.10

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: hicolor-icon-theme 0.15-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-37.39-generic 4.8.16
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-37-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Feb 17 12:40:55 2017
Dependencies:

ErrorMessage: triggers looping, abandoned
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-11 (402 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release i386 (20150422.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu1
 apt 1.3.4
SourcePackage: hicolor-icon-theme
Title: package hicolor-icon-theme 0.15-1 failed to install/upgrade: triggers looping, abandoned
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2017-02-17 (0 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[dino99 (9d9)]

This is an unsupported release now. Please think to install the next LTS 'Bionic 18.04'

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-next/daily-live/current/
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/02/ubuntu-18-04-minimal-install-option

[Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)]

Marking as Invalid because the release is EOL is not correct. Marking as Incomplete. Also, 18.04 is (at the time of writing) still in development, and you should expect some breakage.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Responses#Release_has_reached_End_of_Life_.28EOL.29

Reporter, is this still present on 17.10 or 16.04?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for hicolor-icon-theme (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]