[Bug 1062555] Re: package hostname 3.06ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package hostname is already installed and configured

[dino99]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1407757 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1407757

** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 1241893
   dpkg tries to configure a package that failed during the unpack stage
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1407757
   multi-arch packages cannot be installed due to dpkg wrongly detecting them as already installed

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Title:
  package hostname 3.06ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage:
  package hostname is already installed and configured

Status in dpkg package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Message box appears upon boot reporting error.

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  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
  Release:	12.04

  $ apt-cache policy hostname
  hostname:
    Installed: 3.06ubuntu1
    Candidate: 3.06ubuntu1
    Version table:
   *** 3.06ubuntu1 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: hostname 3.06ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-31.50-generic 3.2.28
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-31-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Oct  5 01:21:30 2012
  ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: package hostname is already installed and configured
  SourcePackage: dpkg
  Title: package hostname 3.06ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package hostname is already installed and configured
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-10-05 (0 days ago)

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