package sysv-rc 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu11.1 failed to install/upgrade: package sysv-rc is already installed and configured

[Narayanan]

I had problems with 12.04 version. Updates were not getting installed.
now, I tried upgrade of 14.04

that also seems to have failed.

Partial upgrade also seems to be failing.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: sysv-rc 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu11.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-102.142-generic-pae 3.2.79
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-102-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.13
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Sep 4 17:11:15 2017
DuplicateSignature: package:sysv-rc:2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu11.1:package sysv-rc is already installed and configured
ErrorMessage: package sysv-rc is already installed and configured
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20110211.1)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: dpkg
Title: package sysv-rc 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu11.1 failed to install/upgrade: package sysv-rc is already installed and configured
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2017-09-04 (0 days ago)

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