[Bug 1699487] Re: package libc6:i386 2.23-0ubuntu9 failed to install/upgrade: package libc6:i386 is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')

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

** Changed in: glibc (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  package libc6:i386 2.23-0ubuntu9 failed to install/upgrade: package
  libc6:i386 is not ready for configuration  cannot configure (current
  status 'half-installed')

Status in glibc package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Description: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

  
  ekammoun at ekammoun-ThinkPad-E550:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  Calculating upgrade... Done
  The following packages have been kept back:
    linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic
  0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
  1 not fully installed or removed.
  Need to get 0 B/2,269 kB of archives.
  After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
  Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
  dpkg: error processing package libc6:i386 (--configure):
   package libc6:i386 is not ready for configuration
   cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   libc6:i386
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: libc6:i386 2.23-0ubuntu9
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-79.100-generic 4.4.67
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-79-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6
  AptOrdering:
   libc6: Configure
   NULL: ConfigurePending
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Jun 21 14:15:19 2017
  Dependencies:
   gcc-6-base 6.0.1-0ubuntu1
   libc6 2.23-0ubuntu9
   libgcc1 1:6.0.1-0ubuntu1
  DpkgTerminalLog:
   dpkg: error processing package libc6:i386 (--configure):
    package libc6:i386 is not ready for configuration
    cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
  ErrorMessage: package libc6:i386 is not ready for configuration  cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-08-23 (301 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
  PackageArchitecture: i386
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
   apt  1.2.20
  SourcePackage: glibc
  Title: package libc6:i386 2.23-0ubuntu9 failed to install/upgrade: package libc6:i386 is not ready for configuration  cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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