Public bug reported: Today while doing a normal `apt-get upgrade`, the latest console-setup package for Ubuntu 16.04 got stuck since 11:10 until about 14:25h when I realized it was still running and I had to kill the process manaully.
$> sudo apt-get upgrade ... Setting up console-setup (1.108ubuntu14) ... $> ps -ef | grep console-setup ... PID PPID USER NI RSS S STIME COMMAND 24542 24482 root 0 1812 S 11:10 /bin/sh /var/lib/dpkg/info/console-setup.postinst configure 1.108ubuntu13 24482 22027 root 0 18320 S 11:10 /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/console-setup.postinst configure 1.108ubuntu13 ... $> date Fri Apr 15 14:25:11 EDT 2016 $> apt-cache show console-setup Package: console-setup Priority: important Section: utils Installed-Size: 437 Maintainer: Ubuntu Installer Team <ubuntu-instal...@lists.ubuntu.com> Original-Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-b...@lists.debian.org> Architecture: all Version: 1.108ubuntu14 ** Affects: console-setup (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1571025 Title: console-setup postinstall never ends in Ubuntu 16.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/console-setup/+bug/1571025/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs