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 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