Public bug reported:
O: Setting up dpkg (1.17.5ubuntu5.3) ...
P: Configuring package dpkg
D: Updating dpkg to status 3
O: dpkg: dpkg: dependency problems, but configuring anyway as you requested:
O: dpkg depends on libbz2-1.0; however:
O: Package libbz2-1.0 is not installed.
O: dpkg depends on libc6 (>= 2.14); however:
O: Package libc6 is not installed.
O: dpkg depends on liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614); however:
O: Package liblzma5 is not installed.
O: dpkg depends on libselinux1 (>= 2.1.0); however:
O: Package libselinux1 is not installed.
O: dpkg depends on zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4); however:
O: Package zlib1g is not installed.
O: dpkg depends on tar (>= 1.23); however:
O: Package tar is not installed.
O:
O: /var/lib/dpkg/info/dpkg.postinst: 79: /var/lib/dpkg/info/dpkg.postinst: awk:
not found
O: dpkg: error processing package dpkg (--install):
O: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
O: Errors were encountered while processing:
O: dpkg
D: Status: 256
E: Internal error: install
The problem is that awk is a symlink to either mawk or gawk that is setup in
their postinst script. But during bootstrap none of them have run yet so the
link does not exist.
** Affects: dpkg (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Patch added: "Don't call migrate_multiarch_conffile on new installs"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1376590/+attachment/4222109/+files/dpkg-awk.patch
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Title:
dpkg postinst uses awk before it exists during bootstrap
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