package gnome-font-viewer 3.28.0-1 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration

[paul]

After ubuntu upgrade to 18.04LTS

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: gnome-font-viewer 3.28.0-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-124.148-generic 4.4.117
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-124-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat May 19 22:12:32 2018
DuplicateSignature:
 package:gnome-font-viewer:3.28.0-1
 Setting up net-tools (1.60+git20161116.90da8a0-1ubuntu1) ...
 dpkg: error processing package gnome-font-viewer (--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 2018-05-19 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160307)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.5, python3-minimal, 3.6.5-3
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.15rc1, python-minimal, 2.7.15~rc1-1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2
 apt 1.6.1
SourcePackage: gnome-font-viewer
Title: package gnome-font-viewer 3.28.0-1 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-05-19 (0 days ago)

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report, it looks like a corruption/download/machine problem rather than a bug in the package though