package libglib2.0-0 2.40.2-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: triggers ci file contains unknown directive `interest-await'

[Michael Decker]

Old computer with this operating system on it. I haven't booted the computer up in about two or three years and am now following steps suggested by the computer when I turned it on to get your new operating system up and going.

Version 16 something?

Thanks.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: libglib2.0-0 2.40.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-59.66~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt19
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-59-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jul 27 10:46:19 2018
DuplicateSignature: package:libglib2.0-0:2.40.2-0ubuntu1:triggers ci file contains unknown directive `interest-await'
ErrorMessage: triggers ci file contains unknown directive `interest-await'
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-09-29 (1031 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.6
 apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.14
SourcePackage: glib2.0
Title: package libglib2.0-0 2.40.2-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: triggers ci file contains unknown directive `interest-await'
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2018-07-27 (0 days ago)

[Michael Decker (michael791)]

Will the computer run without these files?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Ivan Cherkasov (ivan-a-cherkasov)]

Same issue here after do-release-upgrade from 14.04 to 16.04:

Preparing to unpack .../libglib2.0-0_2.48.2-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libglib2.0-0_2.48.2-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 triggers ci file contains unknown directive `interest-await'
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libglib2.0-0_2.48.2-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Ivan Cherkasov (ivan-a-cherkasov)]

Similar issue here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glib2.0/+bug/1784065