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package libsnmp-base 5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.4 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration

Bug #1989308 reported by Vinayak Gupta
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Bug Description

I dont know my system crashes because of this

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: libsnmp-base 5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-46.49~20.04.1-generic 5.15.39
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-46-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.24
AptOrdering:
 libcurl3-gnutls:i386: Install
 libcurl3-gnutls:amd64: Install
 NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Sun Sep 11 11:27:05 2022
Dependencies:

DuplicateSignature:
 package:libsnmp-base:5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.4
 Unpacking libcurl3-gnutls:amd64 (7.68.0-1ubuntu2.13) over (7.68.0-1ubuntu2.12) ...
 dpkg: error processing package libsnmp-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 2021-03-30 (530 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.2.0 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210209.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.10, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.7ubuntu3.2
 apt 2.0.9
SourcePackage: net-snmp
Title: package libsnmp-base 5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.4 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)

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Vinayak Gupta (vinayakdev) wrote :
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Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur) wrote : Bug is not a security issue

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

information type: Private Security → Public
Apport retracing service (apport)
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
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Lucas Kanashiro (lucaskanashiro) wrote :

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and trying to make Ubuntu better.

The attached logs are not too helpful to understand what happened in your system, what we can get is this:

dpkg: error processing package libsnmp-base (--configure):
 package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
 reinstall it before attempting configuration

Did you try to reinstall libsnmp-base as suggested by any chance? If you do so and the problem persist, please share more log info with us and we can take a look again.

Setting this bug to Incomplete since this cannot be verified. Once more info is provided please set it back to New.

Changed in net-snmp (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
Vinayak Gupta (vinayakdev)
Changed in net-snmp (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Opinion
status: Opinion → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for net-snmp (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in net-snmp (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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