failed to install/upgrade: package coreutils is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')

Bug #1715235 reported by Cyprian Szwajka
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Bug Description

Update OS or software impossible. Starts but never finished. Impossible to remove some apps. Problem with installing also occured.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-93.116-generic 4.4.79
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-93-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
AptOrdering:
 coreutils: Configure
 vokoscreen: Remove
 NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Sep 4 21:31:36 2017
DpkgTerminalLog:
 dpkg: error processing package coreutils (--configure):
  package coreutils is not ready for configuration
  cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
ErrorMessage: package coreutils is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-01-12 (236 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
 apt 1.2.20
SourcePackage: coreutils
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Cyprian Szwajka (cyprianszwajka) wrote :
dino99 (9d9)
summary: - package coreutils 8.25-2ubuntu2 [modified: bin/cat bin/chgrp bin/chmod
- bin/chown bin/cp bin/date bin/dd bin/df bin/dir bin/echo bin/false
- bin/ln bin/ls bin/mkdir bin/mknod bin/mktemp bin/mv bin/pwd bin/readlink
- bin/rm bin/rmdir bin/sleep bin/stty bin/sync bin/touch bin/true
- bin/uname bin/vdir usr/bin/[ usr/bin/base64 usr/bin/basename
- usr/bin/chcon usr/bin/dircolors usr/bin/factor usr/bin/hostid usr/bin/id
- usr/bin/join usr/bin/link usr/bin/logname usr/bin/md5sum usr/bin/nice
- usr/bin/nl usr/bin/nohup usr/bin/od usr/bin/pathchk usr/bin/pinky
- usr/bin/printenv usr/bin/printf usr/bin/seq usr/bin/sha1sum
- usr/bin/sha384sum usr/bin/shuf usr/bin/stat usr/bin/stdbuf usr/bin/tac
- usr/bin/tail usr/bin/tee usr/bin/test usr/bin/tr usr/bin/tsort
- usr/bin/tty usr/bin/unexpand usr/bin/uniq usr/bin/unlink usr/bin/yes
- usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/coreutils/libstdbuf.so usr/sbin/chroot
- usr/share/doc/coreutils/changelog.Debian.gz usr/share/man/man1/arch.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/base32.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/base64.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/basename.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/cat.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/chcon.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/chgrp.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/chmod.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/chown.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/cksum.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/comm.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/cp.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/csplit.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/cut.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/date.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/dd.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/df.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/dir.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/dircolors.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/dirname.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/du.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/echo.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/env.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/expand.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/expr.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/factor.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/false.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/fmt.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/fold.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/groups.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/head.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/hostid.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/id.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/install.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/join.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/link.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/ln.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/logname.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/ls.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/md5sum.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/mkdir.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/mkfifo.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/mknod.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/mktemp.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/mv.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/nice.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/nl.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/nohup.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/nproc.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/numfmt.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/od.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/paste.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/pathchk.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/pinky.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/pr.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/printenv.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/printf.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/ptx.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/pwd.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/readlink.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/realpath.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/rm.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/rmdir.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/runcon.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/seq.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/sha1sum.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/sha224sum.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/sha256sum.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/sha384sum.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/sha512sum.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/shred.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/shuf.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/sleep.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/sort.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/split.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/stat.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/stdbuf.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/stty.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/sum.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/sync.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/tac.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/tail.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/tee.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/test.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/timeout.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/touch.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/tr.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/true.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/truncate.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/tsort.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/tty.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/uname.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/unexpand.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/uniq.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/unlink.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/users.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/vdir.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/wc.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/who.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man1/whoami.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/yes.1.gz
- usr/share/man/man8/chroot.8.gz] failed to install/upgrade: package
- coreutils is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current
- status 'half-installed')
+ failed to install/upgrade: package coreutils is not ready for
+ configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
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