package joe 4.6-1 failed to install/upgrade: read error on stdin at conffile prompt: Input/output error

[Istvan Botka]

I got in at the time of LTS upgrade from Xenial to Beaver

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: joe 4.6-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-134.160-generic 4.4.140
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-134-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Aug 18 22:33:53 2018
Dependencies:
 gcc-8-base 8-20180414-1ubuntu2
 libc6 2.27-3ubuntu1
 libgcc1 1:8-20180414-1ubuntu2
 libtinfo5 6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04
ErrorMessage: read error on stdin at conffile prompt: Input/output error
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.5, python3-minimal, 3.6.5-3ubuntu1
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.15rc1, python-minimal, 2.7.15~rc1-1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2
 apt 1.6.3
SourcePackage: joe
Title: package joe 4.6-1 failed to install/upgrade: read error on stdin at conffile prompt: Input/output error
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-08-18 (0 days ago)
mtime.conffile..etc.joe.joerc: 2017-05-20T21:14:18