Public bug reported: I have noticed this while upgrade
sudo apt upgrade -y [sudo] password for nisankh: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages will be upgraded: base-files 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 58.2 kB of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 base-files amd64 10.1ubuntu2.2 [58.2 kB] Fetched 58.2 kB in 2s (28.2 kB/s) (Reading database ... 351419 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../base-files_10.1ubuntu2.2_amd64.deb ... Warning: Stopping motd-news.service, but it can still be activated by: motd-news.timer Unpacking base-files (10.1ubuntu2.2) over (10.1ubuntu2.1) ... Setting up base-files (10.1ubuntu2.2) ... Installing new version of config file /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news ... motd-news.service is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it. Processing triggers for install-info (6.5.0.dfsg.1-2) ... Processing triggers for plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text (0.9.3-1ubuntu7) ... update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) Processing triggers for cracklib-runtime (2.9.2-5build1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2) ... Processing triggers for plymouth-theme-kubuntu-text (1:18.04ubuntu11) ... dpkg: warning: version '/etc/lsb-release' has bad syntax: version number does not start with digit rmdir: failed to remove '/lib/plymouth/': No such file or directory update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.130ubuntu3.1) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-32-generic Than i tried to reinstall the same package : sudo apt-get install --reinstall base-files Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 58.2 kB of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 base-files amd64 10.1ubuntu2.2 [58.2 kB] Fetched 58.2 kB in 3s (23.0 kB/s) (Reading database ... 351419 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../base-files_10.1ubuntu2.2_amd64.deb ... Warning: Stopping motd-news.service, but it can still be activated by: motd-news.timer Unpacking base-files (10.1ubuntu2.2) over (10.1ubuntu2.2) ... Setting up base-files (10.1ubuntu2.2) ... motd-news.service is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it. Processing triggers for install-info (6.5.0.dfsg.1-2) ... Processing triggers for plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text (0.9.3-1ubuntu7) ... update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) Processing triggers for cracklib-runtime (2.9.2-5build1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2) ... Processing triggers for plymouth-theme-kubuntu-text (1:18.04ubuntu11) ... dpkg: warning: version '/etc/lsb-release' has bad syntax: version number does not start with digit rmdir: failed to remove '/lib/plymouth/': No such file or directory update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.130ubuntu3.1) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-32-generic Again it shows the same warning " dpkg: warning: version '/etc/lsb-release' has bad syntax: version number does not start with digit " and the contents of /etc/lsb-release is as follows cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=18.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=bionic DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS" ** Affects: dpkg Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: base-files (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: dpkg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: dpkg ** Attachment added: "Log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1788241/+attachment/5178771/+files/term.log ** Also affects: base-files (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: dpkg Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to base-files in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1788241 Title: dpkg: warning: version '/etc/lsb-release' has bad syntax: version number does not start with digit Status in dpkg: New Status in base-files package in Ubuntu: New Status in dpkg package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I have noticed this while upgrade sudo apt upgrade -y [sudo] password for nisankh: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages will be upgraded: base-files 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 58.2 kB of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 base-files amd64 10.1ubuntu2.2 [58.2 kB] Fetched 58.2 kB in 2s (28.2 kB/s) (Reading database ... 351419 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../base-files_10.1ubuntu2.2_amd64.deb ... Warning: Stopping motd-news.service, but it can still be activated by: motd-news.timer Unpacking base-files (10.1ubuntu2.2) over (10.1ubuntu2.1) ... Setting up base-files (10.1ubuntu2.2) ... Installing new version of config file /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news ... motd-news.service is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it. Processing triggers for install-info (6.5.0.dfsg.1-2) ... Processing triggers for plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text (0.9.3-1ubuntu7) ... update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) Processing triggers for cracklib-runtime (2.9.2-5build1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2) ... Processing triggers for plymouth-theme-kubuntu-text (1:18.04ubuntu11) ... dpkg: warning: version '/etc/lsb-release' has bad syntax: version number does not start with digit rmdir: failed to remove '/lib/plymouth/': No such file or directory update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.130ubuntu3.1) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-32-generic Than i tried to reinstall the same package : sudo apt-get install --reinstall base-files Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 58.2 kB of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 base-files amd64 10.1ubuntu2.2 [58.2 kB] Fetched 58.2 kB in 3s (23.0 kB/s) (Reading database ... 351419 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../base-files_10.1ubuntu2.2_amd64.deb ... Warning: Stopping motd-news.service, but it can still be activated by: motd-news.timer Unpacking base-files (10.1ubuntu2.2) over (10.1ubuntu2.2) ... Setting up base-files (10.1ubuntu2.2) ... motd-news.service is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it. Processing triggers for install-info (6.5.0.dfsg.1-2) ... Processing triggers for plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text (0.9.3-1ubuntu7) ... update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) Processing triggers for cracklib-runtime (2.9.2-5build1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2) ... Processing triggers for plymouth-theme-kubuntu-text (1:18.04ubuntu11) ... dpkg: warning: version '/etc/lsb-release' has bad syntax: version number does not start with digit rmdir: failed to remove '/lib/plymouth/': No such file or directory update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.130ubuntu3.1) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-32-generic Again it shows the same warning " dpkg: warning: version '/etc/lsb-release' has bad syntax: version number does not start with digit " and the contents of /etc/lsb-release is as follows cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=18.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=bionic DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/dpkg/+bug/1788241/+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
