Public bug reported:

Setting up package blocked by plymouth --ping processes. Similiar to bug
#1722745.

Setting up php7.1-cli (7.1.11-0ubuntu0.17.10.1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of exim4:
 exim4 depends on exim4-daemon-light | exim4-daemon-heavy | 
exim4-daemon-custom; however:
  Package exim4-daemon-light is not configured yet.
  Package exim4-daemon-heavy is not installed.
  Package exim4-daemon-custom is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package exim4 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up libapache2-mod-php7.1 (7.1.11-0ubuntu0.17.10.1) ...
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup 
error from a previous failure.
                                                                                
                          libapache2-mod-php7.1: not switching MPM - already 
enabled
Setting up php7.1 (7.1.11-0ubuntu0.17.10.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.26-0ubuntu2) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 exim4-daemon-light
 exim4
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

$ ps aux | grep plymouth
root       709  0.0  0.0 139004   228 ?        S    Nov27   0:00 
@sbin/plymouthd --mode=boot --pid-file=/run/plymouth/pid --attach-to-session
root      1041  0.0  0.0  12936     0 ?        Ss   Nov27   0:00 /bin/plymouth 
--wait
root      1510  0.0  0.0  12936     0 ?        S    Nov29   0:00 plymouth --ping
root      1703  0.0  0.0  12936     0 ?        S    Nov27   0:00 /bin/plymouth 
quit
root      4278  0.0  0.0  12936   108 ?        S    09:07   0:00 plymouth --ping
bruce     8176  0.0  0.0  14356   968 pts/11   S+   09:15   0:00 grep 
--color=auto --exclude-dir=.bzr --exclude-dir=CVS --exclude-dir=.git 
--exclude-dir=.hg --exclude-dir=.svn plymouth

Once killing the plymouth --ping processes and running apt-get upgrade
again, a new plymouth --ping process is spawned which blocks
installation again. Once this new spawned process is killed, setting up
of the package is complete.

All packages are up to date.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Setting up exim4-daemon-light (4.89-5ubuntu1.2) ...
Updating GnuTLS DH parameter file
Setting up exim4 (4.89-5ubuntu1.2) ... <- Hangs here until plymouth process is 
killed
W: APT had planned for dpkg to do more than it reported back (3 vs 7).
   Affected packages: exim4-daemon-light:amd64
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: exim4-daemon-light 4.89-5ubuntu1.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-17.20-generic 4.13.8
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-17-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Nov 30 09:12:19 2017
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit 
status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-04-02 (241 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 
(20170215)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.3, python3-minimal, 
3.6.3-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.14, python-minimal, 
2.7.14-2ubuntu1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.24ubuntu1
 apt  1.5.1
SourcePackage: exim4
Title: package exim4-daemon-light 4.89-5ubuntu1.2 failed to install/upgrade: 
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-08-10 (111 days ago)

** Affects: exim4 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-package artful

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  package exim4-daemon-light 4.89-5ubuntu1.2 failed to install/upgrade:
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
  status 1

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