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[Matthijs Mekking <ubuntu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

matje@desktop:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Release:	16.04

matje@desktop:~$ apt-cache policy smbclient
smbclient:
  Installed: 2:4.3.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
  Candidate: 2:4.3.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
  Version table:
     2:4.3.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 500
        500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages
 *** 2:4.3.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 500
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2:4.3.8+dfsg-0ubuntu1 500
        500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages

I expected a clean apt-get update, instead I received the error:

dpkg: error processing package smbclient (--configure):
 package smbclient is not ready for configuration
 cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
Errors were encountered while processing:
 smbclient

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: smbclient 2:4.3.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-38.57-generic 4.4.19
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-38-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
AptOrdering:
 smbclient: Configure
 NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Sep 27 10:21:33 2016
DpkgTerminalLog:
 dpkg: error processing package smbclient (--configure):
  package smbclient is not ready for configuration
  cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
ErrorMessage: package smbclient is not ready for configuration  cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-04 (754 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 nautilus 1:3.18.4.is.3.14.3-0ubuntu5
 gvfs     1.28.2-1ubuntu1~16.04.1
SambaClientRegression: Yes
SourcePackage: samba
Title: package smbclient 2:4.3.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 failed to install/upgrade: package smbclient is not ready for configuration  cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-08-08 (49 days ago)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-package xenial

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Title:
  package smbclient 2:4.3.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 failed to
  install/upgrade: package smbclient is not ready for configuration
  cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')

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