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Title:
  Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS - apt-get broken after upgrade - Package netbase is
  not configured yet.

Status in “netbase” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  After doing the dist-upgrade to Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS we now have a system that 
apt-get is broken.
  When we try and do apt-get -f install this is the output:

  
  root@web2:~# apt-get -f install
  Reading package lists...
  Building dependency tree...
  Reading state information...
  0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
  24 not fully installed or removed.
  After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
  Setting up netbase (5.2) ...
  Installing new version of config file /etc/services ...
  dpkg: error processing package netbase (--configure):
   unable to install `/etc/services.dpkg-new' as `/etc/services': Operation not 
permitted
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ntpdate:
   ntpdate depends on netbase; however:
    Package netbase is not configured yet.

  dpkg: error processing package ntpdate (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup 
error from a previous failure.
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dbus:
   dbus depends on netbase (>= 4.45ubuntu3); however:
    Package netbase is not configured yet.

  dpkg: error processing package dbus (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup 
error from a previous failure.
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of accountsservice:
   accountsservice depends on dbus; however:
    Package dbus is not configured yet.

  dpkg: error processing package accountsservice (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of language-selector-common:
   language-selector-common depends on dbus; however:
    Package dbus is not configured yet.
   language-selector-common depends on accountsservice (>= 0.6.29-1ubuntu6); 
however:
    Package accountsservice is not configured yet.

  dpkg: error processing package language-selector-common (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of systemd-services:
   systemd-services depends on dbus; however:
    Package dbus is not configured yet.

  dpkg: error processing package systemd-services (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libpam-systemd:amd64:
   libpam-systemd:amd64 depends on systemd-services (= 204-5ubuntu20.6); 
however:
    Package systemd-services is not configured yet.

  dpkg: error processing package libpam-systemd:amd64 (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ntp:
   ntp depends on netbase; however:
    Package netbase is not configured yet.

  dpkg: error processing package ntp (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-minimal:
   ubuntu-minimal depends on netbase; however:
    Package netbase is not configured yet.
   ubuntu-minimal depends on ntpdate; however:
    Package ntpdate is not configured yet.

  dpkg: error processing package ubuntu-minimal (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ftp:
   ftp depends on netbase; however:
    Package netbase is not configured yet.

  dpkg: error processing package ftp (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of telnet:
   telnet depends on netbase; however:
    Package netbase is not configured yet.

  dpkg: error processing package telnet (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-standard:
   ubuntu-standard depends on ftp; however:
    Package ftp is not configured yet.
   ubuntu-standard depends on language-selector-common; however:
    Package language-selector-common is not configured yet.

  dpkg: error processing package ubuntu-standard (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libio-socket-ssl-perl:
   libio-socket-ssl-perl depends on netbase; however:
    Package netbase is not configured yet.

  dpkg: error processing package libio-socket-ssl-perl (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libnet-smtp-ssl-perl:
   libnet-smtp-ssl-perl depends on libio-socket-ssl-perl; however:
    Package libio-socket-ssl-perl is not configured yet.

  dpkg: error processing package libnet-smtp-ssl-perl (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libmailtools-perl:
   libmailtools-perl depends on libnet-smtp-ssl-perl; however:
    Package libnet-smtp-ssl-perl is not configured yet.

  dpkg: error processing package libmailtools-perl (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libmime-tools-perl:
   libmime-tools-perl depends on libmailtools-perl; however:
    Package libmailtools-perl is not configured yet.

  dpkg: error processing package libmime-tools-perl (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libwww-perl:
   libwww-perl depends on netbase; however:
    Package netbase is not configured yet.

  dpkg: error processing package libwww-perl (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of liblwp-protocol-https-perl:
   liblwp-protocol-https-perl depends on libio-socket-ssl-perl (>= 1.54); 
however:
    Package libio-socket-ssl-perl is not configured yet.
   liblwp-protocol-https-perl depends on libwww-perl (>= 6.05-2); however:
    Package libwww-perl is not configured yet.

  dpkg: error processing package liblwp-protocol-https-perl (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxml-parser-perl:
   libxml-parser-perl depends on libwww-perl; however:
    Package libwww-perl is not configured yet.

  dpkg: error processing package libxml-parser-perl (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libsoap-lite-perl:
   libsoap-lite-perl depends on libio-socket-ssl-perl; however:
    Package libio-socket-ssl-perl is not configured yet.
   libsoap-lite-perl depends on libmime-tools-perl; however:
    Package libmime-tools-perl is not configured yet.
   libsoap-lite-perl depends on libwww-perl; however:
    Package libwww-perl is not configured yet.
   libsoap-lite-perl depends on libxml-parser-perl; however:
    Package libxml-parser-perl is not configured yet.

  dpkg: error processing package libsoap-lite-perl (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of postfix:
   postfix depends on netbase; however:
    Package netbase is not configured yet.

  dpkg: error processing package postfix (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mailutils:
   mailutils depends on default-mta | mail-transport-agent; however:
    Package default-mta is not installed.
    Package postfix which provides default-mta is not configured yet.
    Package mail-transport-agent is not installed.
    Package postfix which provides mail-transport-agent is not configured yet.

  dpkg: error processing package mailutils (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of policykit-1:
   policykit-1 depends on libpam-systemd; however:
    Package libpam-systemd:amd64 is not configured yet.
   policykit-1 depends on dbus; however:
    Package dbus is not configured yet.

  dpkg: error processing package policykit-1 (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-secretstorage:
   python-secretstorage depends on dbus; however:
    Package dbus is not configured yet.

  dpkg: error processing package python-secretstorage (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   netbase
   ntpdate
   dbus
   accountsservice
   language-selector-common
   systemd-services
   libpam-systemd:amd64
   ntp
   ubuntu-minimal
   ftp
   telnet
   ubuntu-standard
   libio-socket-ssl-perl
   libnet-smtp-ssl-perl
   libmailtools-perl
   libmime-tools-perl
   libwww-perl
   liblwp-protocol-https-perl
   libxml-parser-perl
   libsoap-lite-perl
   postfix
   mailutils
   policykit-1
   python-secretstorage
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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