package dnsmasq-base 2.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.5 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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msttcorefonts (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Continues throwing errors
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: dnsmasq-base 2.75-1ubuntu0.
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-171-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.21
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jan 23 10:48:05 2020
DuplicateSignature:
package:
Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu21.23) ...
dpkg: error processing package dnsmasq-base (--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 2015-01-19 (1829 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
RelatedPackageV
dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.6
apt 1.2.32
SourcePackage: dnsmasq
Title: package dnsmasq-base 2.75-1ubuntu0.
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
tags: | removed: need-duplicate-check |
While the error message mentions dnsmasq, the only errors I'm spotting in the log file involve corefonts:
Err:1 http:// downloads. sourceforge. net/corefonts/ impact32. exe
Protocol "http" not supported or disabled in libcurl
0% [Working]
E: Failed to fetch https:/ /managedway. dl.sourceforge. net/project/ corefonts/ the fonts/final/ impact32. exe Protocol "http" not supported or disabled in libcurl
Perhaps this relates to upstream bug https:/ /bugs.debian. org/cgi- bin/bugreport. cgi?bug= 912956 ?