[Bug 1734661] Re: package python-requests 2.2.1-1ubuntu0.3 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration

[Joshua Powers]

Thanks for taking the time to file the bug and explain what you did.
However, we do not support running with /usr/bin/python pointing to
Python 3. For Python 3 you should use /usr/bin/python3.

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Title:
  package python-requests 2.2.1-1ubuntu0.3 failed to install/upgrade:
  package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should  reinstall it
  before attempting configuration

Status in requests package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Somethign is messed up after linking python to python 3 and after this
  all these issues started cropping up.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: python-requests 2.2.1-1ubuntu0.3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-101.124~14.04.1-generic 4.4.95
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-101-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.27
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Nov 27 16:18:42 2017
  DuplicateSignature: package:python-requests:2.2.1-1ubuntu0.3:package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should  reinstall it before attempting configuration
  ErrorMessage: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should  reinstall it before attempting configuration
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-11-16 (10 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20160803)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.7
   apt  1.0.1ubuntu2.17
  SourcePackage: requests
  Title: package python-requests 2.2.1-1ubuntu0.3 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should  reinstall it before attempting configuration
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2017-11-27 (0 days ago)

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