package libelf1:i386 0.166-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration

Bug #1701183 reported by Greg Smid
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elfutils (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Get this error on auto-update.

greg@greg-laptop-ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 17.04
Release: 17.04

greg@greg-laptop-ubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy elfutils
elfutils:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 0.166-2ubuntu1
  Version table:
     0.166-2ubuntu1 500
        500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/universe amd64 Packages

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: libelf1:i386 0.166-2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-22.24-generic 4.10.15
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jun 28 10:05:33 2017
Dependencies:
 gcc-6-base 6.3.0-12ubuntu2
 libc6 2.24-9ubuntu2.2
 libgcc1 1:6.3.0-12ubuntu2
 zlib1g 1:1.2.11.dfsg-0ubuntu1
DuplicateSignature:
 package:libelf1:i386:0.166-2ubuntu1
 Installing from local file /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/adobe-flashplugin_20170616.1.orig.tar.gz
 Flash Plugin installed.
 dpkg: error processing package libelf1:i386 (--configure):
  package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
ErrorMessage: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-26 (33 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2)
PackageArchitecture: i386
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu2
 apt 1.4
SourcePackage: elfutils
Title: package libelf1:i386 0.166-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-05-26 (33 days ago)

Revision history for this message
Greg Smid (greg-smid) wrote :
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
Revision history for this message
Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote : DuplicateSignature.txt

Due to a bug in apport's method for creating a duplicate signature, the DuplicateSignature in this report was incorrect. We are fixing that now, sorry for the noise!

Revision history for this message
dino99 (9d9) wrote :
Changed in elfutils (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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