error updating apport with apt

[Edson T. Marques]

apt log session:

...
Configuring python3-apport (2.20.8-0ubuntu4) ...
Configuring apport (2.20.8-0ubuntu4) ...
Job for apport.service failed because timeout was exceeded.
See "systemctl status apport.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript apport, action "start" failed.
● apport.service - LSB: automatic crash report generation
    Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/apport; generated; vendor preset: enabled)
    Active: failed (Result: timeout) since Thu 2017-12-14 08:43:36 -02; 7ms ago
      Docs: man: systemd-sysv-generator (8)
   Process: 9187 ExecStart = / etc / init.d / apport start (code = killed, signal = TERM)
     Tasks: 2 (limit: 4915)
    CGroup: /system.slice/apport.service
            └─9190 plymouth --ping

...

$ systemctl status apport.service

● apport.service - LSB: automatic crash report generation
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/apport; generated; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: timeout) since Thu 2017-12-14 08:43:36 -02; 2h 35min ago
     Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
    Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915)
   CGroup: /system.slice/apport.service
           └─9190 plymouth --ping

dez 14 08:38:36 etm systemd[1]: Starting LSB: automatic crash report generation...
dez 14 08:43:36 etm systemd[1]: apport.service: Start operation timed out. Terminating.
dez 14 08:43:36 etm systemd[1]: apport.service: Failed with result 'timeout'.
dez 14 08:43:36 etm systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: automatic crash report generation.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: apport 2.20.8-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.14.0-11.13-generic 4.14.3
Uname: Linux 4.14.0-11-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportLog:

ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Dec 14 11:02:39 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-29 (75 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Beta amd64 (20170929)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: apport
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)