package grub-common 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[dr4c4n]

I completed an apt-get update and dpkg failed to install the latest version.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: grub-common 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.9.0-15.16-generic 4.9.5
Uname: Linux 4.9.0-15-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Feb 12 14:10:00 2017
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-01-12 (31 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Alpha amd64 (20170111)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.9.0-15-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=d5abf0f6-928c-448f-8422-5fdca1cfe206 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu1
 apt 1.4~beta4ubuntu1
SourcePackage: grub2
Title: package grub-common 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please check to see if the command 'plymouth --ping' continues to hang in a terminal. In the event that it does it would help us out if you could run it under strace e.g. 'strace plymouth --ping' so that we can determine why the process is hanging. Thanks for your assistance!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for grub2 (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Trafex (trafex)]

I encountered this same bug today.
'plymouth --ping' hangs indeed, this is the strace output:

strace plymouth --ping  130 ↵  10015  07:55:41
execve("/bin/plymouth", ["plymouth", "--ping"], [/* 66 vars */]) = 0
brk(NULL) = 0x561d1c4a9000
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=105328, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 105328, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f9b0e649000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libply.so.4", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0000E\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=88632, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f9b0e647000
mmap(NULL, 2185728, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f9b0e226000
mprotect(0x7f9b0e23b000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f9b0e43a000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x14000) = 0x7f9b0e43a000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\340\22\2\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1960656, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4061792, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f9b0de46000
mprotect(0x7f9b0e01c000, 2097152, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f9b0e21c000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1d6000) = 0x7f9b0e21c000
mmap(0x7f9b0e222000, 14944, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f9b0e222000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\0\"\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=31744, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 2128864, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f9b0dc3e000
mprotect(0x7f9b0dc45000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f9b0de44000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x6000) = 0x7f9b0de44000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\220\16\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=14632, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 2109712, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f9b0da3a000
mprotect(0x7f9b0da3d...