[Bug 1692209] [NEW] package fails to install - format error

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*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1692175 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1692175

Public bug reported:

Performing regular updates, and received this error on install in
terminal:

Setting up grub-efi-amd64 (2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.10) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/grub-efi-amd64.postinst: line 703: syntax error near unexpected token `fi'
dpkg: error processing package grub-efi-amd64 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 grub-efi-amd64
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: grub-efi-amd64 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-53.56~16.04.1-generic 4.8.17
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-53-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zcommon znvpair zavl
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat May 20 07:04:46 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-28 (386 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug package-from-proposed third-party-packages xenial

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Title:
  package fails to install - format error

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Performing regular updates, and received this error on install in
  terminal:

  Setting up grub-efi-amd64 (2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.10) ...
  /var/lib/dpkg/info/grub-efi-amd64.postinst: line 703: syntax error near unexpected token `fi'
  dpkg: error processing package grub-efi-amd64 (--configure):
   subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   grub-efi-amd64
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: grub-efi-amd64 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.10
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-53.56~16.04.1-generic 4.8.17
  Uname: Linux 4.8.0-53-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zcommon znvpair zavl
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Sat May 20 07:04:46 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-28 (386 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub2
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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