Ran the same `sudo apt-get upgrade` after updating my lists and got the same behavior:
$> lsproc console-setup PID PPID USER NI RSS S STIME COMMAND 22693 22692 root 0 18628 S 14:27 /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/console-setup.postinst configure 1.108ubuntu13 22692 18652 root 0 13864 S 14:27 /usr/bin/dpkg --status-fd 47 --configure console-setup:all ubuntu-minimal:amd64 libssl-doc:all libssl1.0.0:amd64 libssl1.0.0:i386 libssl-dev:amd64 openssl:amd64 libwnck-3-common:all libwnck-3-0:amd64 gir1.2-wnck-3.0:amd64 22752 22693 root 0 1640 S 14:27 /bin/sh /var/lib/dpkg/info/console-setup.postinst configure 1.108ubuntu13 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to console-setup in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1571025 Title: console-setup postinstall never ends in Ubuntu 16.04 Status in console-setup package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/console-setup/+bug/1571025/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
