package tsconf 1.0-12 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration

[Nicholas]

A random package

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: tsconf 1.0-12
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-49.83-generic 3.13.11-ckt17
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-49-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.10
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Apr 19 14:56:59 2015
Dependencies:

DuplicateSignature: package:tsconf:1.0-12:package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration
ErrorMessage: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-02-09 (69 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: tslib
Title: package tsconf 1.0-12 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
modified.conffile..etc.ts.conf: [deleted]

[Martin Kepplinger (martin-kepplinger)]

this bug report is quite old and the tsconf package is superseded with the libts0 (replaces tsconf) in Artful. I don't really think this is relevant at all.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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