Public bug reported: I got this
dpkg: warning: version '/etc/lsb-release' has bad syntax: version number does not start with digit on doing a dist-upgrade today 2016-04-15. I'm running Xenial 16.04. It seems base-files is where the warning happens, when I --reinstall it too: $ sudo apt-get install --reinstall base-files Les pakkelister ... Ferdig Byggjer kravtre Leser tilstandsinformasjon ... Ferdig 0 oppgraderte, 0 nyleg installerte, 1 installerte på nytt, 0 skal fjernast og 0 skal ikkje oppgraderast. Må henta 0 B/68,7 kB med arkiv. Etter denne operasjonen vil 0 B ekstra diskplass bli brukt. (Les database ... 266010 filer og kataloger er for øyeblikket installerte.) Preparing to unpack .../base-files_9.4ubuntu4_amd64.deb ... Unpacking base-files (9.4ubuntu4) over (9.4ubuntu4) ... Processing triggers for plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text (0.9.2-3ubuntu11) ... dpkg: advarsel: version '/etc/lsb-release' has bad syntax: version number does not start with digit update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) Processing triggers for install-info (6.1.0.dfsg.1-5) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ... Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu7) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-18-generic Set opp base-files (9.4ubuntu4) ... ** Affects: base-files (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1570717 Title: dpkg: warning: version '/etc/lsb-release' has bad syntax: version number does not start with digit To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/base-files/+bug/1570717/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs