do-release-upgrade to 17.10 fails on Windows 10 17017

[Corey Frenette]

This is easily reproducible - install Ubuntu from the store, upgrade to 17.04 (succeeds), then upgrade again to 17.10 (fails)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: bash 4.4-2ubuntu1.1
ProcVersionSignature: Microsoft 4.4.0-43-Microsoft 4.4.35
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-43-Microsoft x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Oct 24 18:04:02 2017
Dmesg:

DpkgTerminalLog:
 Preparing to unpack .../bash_4.4-5ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
 preinst: ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c:368: __spawnix: Assertion `ec >= 0' failed.
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/bash_4.4-5ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
  subprocess new pre-installation script was killed by signal (Aborted), core dumped
DuplicateSignature:
 package:bash:4.4-2ubuntu1.1
 Preparing to unpack .../bash_4.4-5ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
 preinst: ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c:368: __spawnix: Assertion `ec >= 0' failed.
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/bash_4.4-5ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
  subprocess new pre-installation script was killed by signal (Aborted), core dumped
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script was killed by signal (Aborted), core dumped
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu2
 apt 1.4.6~17.04.1
SourcePackage: bash
Title: package bash 4.4-2ubuntu1.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script was killed by signal (Aborted), core dumped
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-10-24 (0 days ago)

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