libuuid1 fails to upgrade on xenial

[Seth Arnold]

My xenial builder schroot reports libuuid1 cannot be upgraded:

# apt-get update && apt-get -u dist-upgrade
Get:1 http://mirrors.kernel.org xenial InRelease [218 kB]
Get:2 http://mirrors.kernel.org xenial-security InRelease [64.4 kB]
Get:3 http://mirrors.kernel.org xenial/main Sources [1118 kB]
Get:4 http://mirrors.kernel.org xenial/restricted Sources [7228 B]
Get:5 http://mirrors.kernel.org xenial/universe Sources [7471 kB]
Get:6 http://mirrors.kernel.org xenial/multiverse Sources [178 kB]
Get:7 http://mirrors.kernel.org xenial/main amd64 Packages [1443 kB]
Get:8 http://mirrors.kernel.org xenial/restricted amd64 Packages [15.8 kB]
Get:9 http://mirrors.kernel.org xenial/universe amd64 Packages [6971 kB]
Get:10 http://mirrors.kernel.org xenial/multiverse amd64 Packages [138 kB]
Get:11 http://mirrors.kernel.org xenial/main Translation-en [841 kB]
Get:12 http://mirrors.kernel.org xenial/multiverse Translation-en [107 kB]
Get:13 http://mirrors.kernel.org xenial/restricted Translation-en [4302 B]
Get:14 http://mirrors.kernel.org xenial/universe Translation-en [4710 kB]
Get:15 http://mirrors.kernel.org xenial-security/main Sources [28 B]
Get:16 http://mirrors.kernel.org xenial-security/restricted Sources [28 B]
Get:17 http://mirrors.kernel.org xenial-security/universe Sources [28 B]
Get:18 http://mirrors.kernel.org xenial-security/multiverse Sources [28 B]
Get:19 http://mirrors.kernel.org xenial-security/main amd64 Packages [28 B]
Get:20 http://mirrors.kernel.org xenial-security/restricted amd64 Packages [28 B]
Get:21 http://mirrors.kernel.org xenial-security/universe amd64 Packages [28 B]
Get:22 http://mirrors.kernel.org xenial-security/multiverse amd64 Packages [28 B]
Get:23 http://mirrors.kernel.org xenial-security/main Translation-en [28 B]
Get:24 http://mirrors.kernel.org xenial-security/multiverse Translation-en [28 B]
Get:25 http://mirrors.kernel.org xenial-security/restricted Translation-en [28 B]
Get:26 http://mirrors.kernel.org xenial-security/universe Translation-en [28 B]
Fetched 23.3 MB in 5s (4156 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
  binutils bsdutils debconf devscripts dh-python findutils hostname libapparmor1 libaudit-common libaudit1
  libblkid1 libfdisk1 libgcrypt20 libmount1 libpython3.5-minimal libpython3.5-stdlib libsepol1 libsmartcols1
  libssl1.0.0 libsystemd0 libudev1 libuuid1 linux-libc-dev mime-support mount python3.5 python3.5-minimal
  systemd systemd-sysv tar udev util-linux
32 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 16.9 MB of archives.
After this operation, 200 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Get:1 http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/ xenial/main bsdutils amd64 1:2.27.1-1ubuntu2 [51.6 kB]
Get:2 http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/ xenial/main findutils amd64 4.4.2-10 [281 kB]
Get:3 http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/ xenial/main hostname amd64 3.16ubuntu1 [11.5 kB]
Get:4 http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/ xenial/main util-linux amd64 2.27.1-1ubuntu2 [847 kB]
Get:5 http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/ xenial/main mount amd64 2.27.1-1ubuntu2 [121 kB]
Get:6 http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/ xenial/main tar amd64 1.28-2.1 [209 kB]
Get:7 http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/ xenial/main debconf all 1.5.58ubuntu1 [136 kB]
Get:8 http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/ xenial/main udev amd64 227-2ubuntu2 [970 kB]
Get:9 http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/ xenial/main libudev1 amd64 227-2ubuntu2 [56.0 kB]
Get:10 http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/ xenial/main libuuid1 amd64 2.27.1-1ubuntu2 [15.2 kB]
Get:11 http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/ xenial/main libblkid1 amd64 2.27.1-1ubuntu2 [107 kB]
Get:12 http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/ xenial/main libapparmor1 amd64 2.10-0ubuntu7 [29.5 kB]
Get:13 http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/ xenial/main libaudit-common all 1:2.4.4-4ubuntu1 [3892 B]
Get:14 http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/ xenial/main libaudit1 amd64 1:2.4.4-4ubuntu1 [36.3 kB]
Get:15 http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/ xenial/main libmount1 amd64 2.27.1-1ubuntu2 [115 kB]
Get:16 http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/ xenial/main libsystemd0 amd64 227-2ubuntu2 [202 kB]
Get:17 http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/ xenial/main systemd amd64 227-2ubuntu2 [3437 kB]
Get:18 http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/ xenial/main systemd-sysv amd64 227-2ubuntu2 [14.3 kB]
Get:19 http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/ xenial/main libssl1.0.0 amd64 1.0.2d-0ubuntu2 [1079 kB]
Get:20 http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/ xenial/main python3.5 amd64 3.5.0-3ubuntu1 [151 kB]
Get:21 http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/ xenial/main python3.5-minimal amd64 3.5.0-3ubuntu1 [1554 kB]
Get:22 http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/ xenial/main libpython3.5-stdlib amd64 3.5.0-3ubuntu1 [2138 kB]
Get:23 http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/ xenial/main libpython3.5-minimal amd64 3.5.0-3ubuntu1 [521 kB]
Get:24 http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/ xenial/main mime-support all 3.59ubuntu1 [31.0 kB]
Get:25 http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/ xenial/main libfdisk1 amd64 2.27.1-1ubuntu2 [139 kB]
Get:26 http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/ xenial/main libgcrypt20 amd64 1.6.4-3 [336 kB]
Get:27 http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/ xenial/main libsepol1 amd64 2.4-2 [186 kB]
Get:28 http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/ xenial/main libsmartcols1 amd64 2.27.1-1ubuntu2 [62.8 kB]
Get:29 http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/ xenial/main dh-python all 2.20151103ubuntu1 [74.4 kB]
Get:30 http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/ xenial/main binutils amd64 2.25.51.20151113-1ubuntu1 [2309 kB]
Get:31 http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/ xenial/main devscripts amd64 2.15.9ubuntu2 [828 kB]
Get:32 http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/ xenial/main linux-libc-dev amd64 4.2.0-19.23 [820 kB]
Fetched 16.9 MB in 0s (48.5 MB/s)
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
 LANGUAGE = "en_US",
 LC_ALL = (unset),
 LANG = "en_US.UTF-8"
    are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
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Preparing to unpack .../libuuid1_2.27.1-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libuuid1:amd64 (2.27.1-1ubuntu2) over (2.27-3ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu4) ...
Setting up libuuid1:amd64 (2.27.1-1ubuntu2) ...
dpkg: error processing package libuuid1:amd64 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu4) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libuuid1:amd64
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

# grep uuid /etc/passwd /etc/shadow /etc/group
/etc/passwd:uuidd:x:100:101::/run/uuidd:/bin/false
/etc/shadow:uuidd:!:15575:0:99999:7:::
/etc/group:uuidd:x:101:

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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