[Bug 1173046] 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:
  New

Bug description:
  This is an automatic bug report after many failed attempts to upgrade
  from 10.4 LTS to 12.4 LTS

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: hostname 3.06ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-40.64-generic 3.2.40
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-40-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sat Apr 20 23:57:35 2013
  ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: package hostname is already installed and configured
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: dpkg
  Title: package hostname 3.06ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package hostname is already installed and configured
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2013-04-20 (5 days ago)

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