package mount 2.29-1ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade: package mount is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')

[Alan]

sudo apt upgrade fails. Output is as follows...

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/130 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
dpkg: error processing package mount (--configure):
 package mount is not ready for configuration
 cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
Errors were encountered while processing:
 mount
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I've combed the web for a solution and tried all of the following. None of which have resolved the issue...

sudo apt-get install -f
sudo apt-get install --fix-broken --fix-missing
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get update –fix-missing
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get -u dist-upgrade
sudo apt --reinstall mount

sudo dpkg –configure -a
sudo dpkg -r -a

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: mount 2.29-1ubuntu2.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-24.28-generic 4.10.15
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.1
AptOrdering:
 mount:amd64: Configure
 NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jun 29 00:16:17 2017
DpkgTerminalLog:
 dpkg: error processing package mount (--configure):
  package mount is not ready for configuration
  cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
ErrorMessage: package mount is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-09-02 (300 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu2
 apt 1.4
SourcePackage: util-linux
Title: package mount 2.29-1ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade: package mount is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-05-20 (39 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Alan (aboba0)]

...and resolved on my system.

Searched again recently for the error. Found a recommendation to try

sudo apt install mount --reinstall

Look at what I had tried before as noted in initial bug report. Did not try this.

mount was successfully reinstalled followed by me updating the 215 packages that were pending update since this problem began.

Have now successfully updated packages twice since performing this fix.

[dino99 (9d9)]

That version is now dead
http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-17-04-zesty-zapus-has-reached-end-of-life-upgrade-to-ubuntu-17-10-now-519360.shtml