Thanks for your bug report! This seems to be an issue in update-manager rather than accountsservice; changing affected package accordingly.
** Package changed: accountsservice (Ubuntu) => update-manager (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to accountsservice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1163817 Title: package libaccountsservice0 0.6.29-1ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting configuration. Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Software updater - updates failed , started couple days ago with kernel 3.8.0-16-generic hanging during update ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: libaccountsservice0 0.6.29-1ubuntu8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-15.25-generic 3.8.4 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-15-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu5 AptOrdering: unity-webapps-linkedin: Install libaccountsservice0: Configure accountsservice: Configure unity-webapps-linkedin: Configure Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Apr 3 10:23:06 2013 DuplicateSignature: Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ... dpkg: error processing libaccountsservice0 (--configure): Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should ErrorMessage: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting configuration. InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-06-19 (287 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: accountsservice Title: package libaccountsservice0 0.6.29-1ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting configuration. UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-03-31 (2 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/1163817/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

