package pkg-config 0.29.1-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 2

[fidhaph]

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ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: pkg-config 0.29.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-43.46~16.04.1-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-43-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Feb 14 14:15:08 2019
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-01-08 (37 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20180731)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.5
 apt 1.2.29
SourcePackage: pkg-config
Title: package pkg-config 0.29.1-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2019-01-22 (22 days ago)

[Mike Salvatore (mikesalvatore)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu.

Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) reached end-of-life on April 29, 2021.

(Ubuntu 16.04 does continue life through ESM; if you are using it you can use ESM support for assitance, or view https://ubuntu.com/security/esm for details)

See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. If you then find the bug is still present in the newer Ubuntu version, please add a comment here telling us which new version it is in.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for pkg-config (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]