[Bug 1609617] Re: package tar 1.27.1-1 failed to install/upgrade: package tar is already installed and configured

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Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
Ubuntu better.  Reviewing your log files attached to this bug report it
seems that a package failed to install due to a segmentation fault in
the application being used for the package installation process.
Unfortunately, this bug report isn't very useful in its current state
and a crash report would be much more useful.  Could you try recreating
this issue by enabling apport to catch the crash report 'sudo service
apport start force_start=1' and then trying to install the same package
again?  This process will create a new bug report so I am marking this
one as Invalid.  Thanks again for helping out!

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** Tags added: package-install-segfault

** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  package tar 1.27.1-1 failed to install/upgrade: package tar is already
  installed and configured

Status in dpkg package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  after upgrade, running apt-get update / upgrade seems to have fixed
  it.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: tar 1.27.1-1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
  AptdaemonVersion: 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu14
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashReports:
   640:0:116:27446718:2016-08-03 08:30:57.318212270 -0700:2016-08-03 08:30:58.318212332 -0700:/var/crash/_usr_bin_dpkg.0.crash
   600:109:116:0:2016-08-03 08:31:21.304199227 -0700:2016-08-03 08:31:21.304199227 -0700:/var/crash/_usr_bin_dpkg.0.uploaded
   640:0:116:802357:2016-08-02 21:44:47.590788602 -0700:2016-08-02 21:44:48.590788602 -0700:/var/crash/tar.0.crash
   644:0:116:0:2016-08-03 08:30:58.318212332 -0700:2016-08-03 08:30:58.318212332 -0700:/var/crash/_usr_bin_dpkg.0.upload
  Date: Tue Aug  2 21:44:48 2016
  DuplicateSignature:
   package:tar:1.27.1-1
   Unpacking liblog-message-simple-perl (0.10-2) over (0.10-1) ...
   dpkg: error processing package tar (--configure):
    package tar is already installed and configured
  ErrorMessage: package tar is already installed and configured
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-01-19 (561 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
   apt  1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1
  SourcePackage: dpkg
  Title: package tar 1.27.1-1 failed to install/upgrade: package tar is already installed and configured
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-08-03 (0 days ago)

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