package libutempter0:i386 1.1.6-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[salman manj qadri]

during 1st update after 16.04 beta fresh upgrade from 14.04

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: libutempter0:i386 1.1.6-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-11.26-generic 4.4.4
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-11-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Mar 10 01:33:12 2016
Dependencies:
 gcc-6-base 6-20160227-0ubuntu1
 libc6 2.21-0ubuntu6
 libgcc1 1:6-20160227-0ubuntu1
DuplicateSignature:
 Setting up libutempter0:i386 (1.1.6-1ubuntu1) ...
 The utempter system group isn't used anymore by this package
 chown: cannot access '/usr/lib/utempter': No such file or directory
 dpkg: error processing package libutempter0:i386 (--configure):
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-31 (1012 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120328)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1
 apt 1.2.4
SourcePackage: libutempter
Title: package libutempter0:i386 1.1.6-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-03-09 (0 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Sebastian Stark (sebstark)]

Creating '/usr/lib/utempter' manually seems to be a workaround.