package udev 229-4ubuntu17 failed to install/upgrade: package udev is already installed and configured

[John Spiller]

I am getting errors while trying to upgrade or dist-upgrade. I haven't looked into it, since it seems to think it needs to report a bug.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: udev 229-4ubuntu17
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-83.106-generic 4.4.70
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-83-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6
AptdaemonVersion: 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu14
Architecture: amd64
CrashReports:
 600:0:116:162098:2017-07-05 08:01:28.610569953 -0700:2017-07-05 08:01:29.610569953 -0700:/var/crash/udev.0.crash
 600:0:116:162121:2017-07-05 08:01:29.622569208 -0700:2017-07-05 08:01:29.610569975 -0700:/var/crash/uuid-runtime.0.crash
 600:0:116:162132:2017-07-05 08:01:29.634568441 -0700:2017-07-05 08:01:29.622569208 -0700:/var/crash/libtasn1-6:amd64.0.crash
Date: Wed Jul 5 08:01:29 2017
DuplicateSignature:
 package:udev:229-4ubuntu17
 Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
 dpkg: error processing package udev (--configure):
  package udev is already installed and configured
ErrorMessage: package udev is already installed and configured
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-02-15 (140 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
MachineType: LENOVO 20AL008XUS
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-83-generic root=UUID=ded71dbd-0036-4477-8cbb-1d9ac86e7667 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
 apt 1.2.20
SourcePackage: dpkg
Title: package udev 229-4ubuntu17 failed to install/upgrade: package udev is already installed and configured
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 05/13/2014
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: GIET74WW (2.24 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 20AL008XUS
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: 0B98401 PRO
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrGIET74WW(2.24):bd05/13/2014:svnLENOVO:pn20AL008XUS:pvrThinkPadX240:rvnLENOVO:rn20AL008XUS:rvr0B98401PRO:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 20AL008XUS
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X240
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO