[Bug 1887792] Re: package flex 2.6.0-11 failed to install/upgrade: package flex is already installed and configured

[Marc Deslauriers]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu
better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears
to be a "regular" (non-security) bug.  I have unmarked it as a security
issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to
cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy.
Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

** Information type changed from Private Security to Public

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Title:
  package flex 2.6.0-11 failed to install/upgrade: package flex is
  already installed and configured

Status in dpkg package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  unable to update

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: flex 2.6.0-11
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-107.108~16.04.1-generic 4.15.18
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-107-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.23
  AptdaemonVersion: 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu14.3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Jul 16 16:04:22 2020
  DuplicateSignature:
   package:flex:2.6.0-11
   Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
   dpkg: error processing package libfl-dev:amd64 (--configure):
    package libfl-dev:amd64 is already installed and configured
  ErrorMessage: package flex is already installed and configured
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-06-15 (30 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20190227)
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.6
   apt  1.2.32ubuntu0.1
  SourcePackage: dpkg
  Title: package flex 2.6.0-11 failed to install/upgrade: package flex is already installed and configured
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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