Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) reached end-of-life on April 29, 2021.
** Changed in: kubuntu-settings (Ubuntu Xenial)
Status: Confirmed => Invalid
** Changed in: ubuntu-gnome-default-settings (Ubuntu Xenial)
Status: Confirmed => Invalid
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when the last update on Kubuntu 18.04.2 around 18.04.3, I have this
following message:
dpkg: warning: bad syntax of the version "/etc/lsb-release": the version number
does not start with a number
rmdir: impossible to delete '/lib/plymouth/': No such file or folder
$ cat /etc/lsb-release
This has shown up again in 18.04.
dpkg: warning: version '/etc/lsb-release' has bad syntax: version number
does not start with digit
$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=18.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=bionic
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS"
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I got the same error on Kubuntu Bionic (18.04) german while performing
an apt upgrade:
dpkg: Warnung: Version »/etc/lsb-release« hat falsche Syntax:
Versionsnummer beginnt nicht mit einer Ziffer
cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=18.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=bionic
Date: 19.7.2019 (7/19/2019)
sudo apt upgrade
And first time I get:
dpkg: warning: version '/etc/lsb-release' has bad syntax: version number does
not start with digit
Jorma Hytönen
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Just seen this in 19.04, I'll look for it when I next do an update on
19.10. Could this be back-ported to 19.04?
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Title:
dpkg giving warning
This bug was fixed in the package kubuntu-settings - 1:19.10ubuntu2
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kubuntu-settings (1:19.10ubuntu2) eoan; urgency=medium
* debian/plymouth-theme-kubuntu-text.postinst: Take changes from Ubuntu
text theme postinst script.
- Make rmdir 'less noisy'.
- Only clean up
** Also affects: ubuntu-gnome-default-settings (Ubuntu Eoan)
Importance: Undecided
Assignee: Adam Conrad (adconrad)
Status: Fix Released
** Also affects: kubuntu-settings (Ubuntu Eoan)
Importance: High
Status: Confirmed
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This bug still exists in Ubuntu 19.04/disco:
# apt 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 60.1 kB of archives.
After this
Got this when setting up base-files (10.1ubuntu2.4) in Ubuntu 18.04.2
LTS.
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Title:
dpkg giving warning about '/etc/lsb-release' version number
Same problem in 18.04 Kubuntu:
`dpkg: warning: version '/etc/lsb-release' has bad syntax: version number does
not start with digit `
```
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=18.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=bionic
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS"
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The attachment "0001-Sync-plymouth-theme-kubuntu-text.install-with-
plymout.diff" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the
"patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are
a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.
[This is an automated message
Here is a simple patch based on plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text.install that
fixes both
dpkg: warning: version '/etc/lsb-release' has bad syntax: version
number does not start with digit
and
rmdir: failed to remove '/lib/plymouth/': No such file or directory
** Patch added:
Saw this today:
sudo apt dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
base-files libmozjs-52-0
2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Still present 18.04.01 LTS
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Title:
dpkg giving warning about '/etc/lsb-release' version number not
starting with a digit when there is no
Also Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS here.
I tracked down the issue to the plymouth-theme-kubuntu-text.postinst
script:
Comparing /var/lib/dpkg/info/plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text.postinst and
/var/lib/dpkg/info/plymouth-theme-kubuntu-text.postinst we see that the
first has:
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=18.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=bionic
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS"
-
Processing triggers for plymouth-theme-kubuntu-text (1:18.04ubuntu11) ...
dpkg: warning:
This was when updating base-files
Preparing to unpack .../base-files_10.1ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb ...
Warning: Stopping motd-news.service, but it can still be activated by:
motd-news.timer
Unpacking base-files (10.1ubuntu2.1) over (10.1ubuntu2) ...
Setting up base-files (10.1ubuntu2.1) ...
Installing
Still present in 18.04
dpkg: warning: version '/etc/lsb-release' has bad syntax: version number does
not start with a digit
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=18.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=bionic
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS"
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** Changed in: kubuntu-settings (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => High
** Changed in: kubuntu-settings (Ubuntu Xenial)
Importance: Undecided => High
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Also present in Kubuntu 17.04
Here the log (italian language):
Elaborazione dei trigger per plymouth-theme-kubuntu-text (1:17.04ubuntu6)...
dpkg: attenzione: version '/etc/lsb-release' has bad syntax: il numero di
versione non inizia con una cifra
My /etc/lsb-release content:
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: kubuntu-settings (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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This bug also exists in artful in kubuntu-settings:
Processing triggers for plymouth-theme-kubuntu-text (1:17.10ubuntu3) ...
dpkg: warning: version '/etc/lsb-release' has bad syntax: version number does
not start with digit
** Also affects: kubuntu-settings (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: kubuntu-settings (Ubuntu Xenial)
Status: New => Confirmed
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Still not fixed in Xenial.
** Attachment added: "term.log"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1597466/+attachment/4925412/+files/term.log
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Fix hasn't reached Xenial just yet.
** Attachment added: "term.txt"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1597466/+attachment/4816249/+files/term.txt
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I can confirm #8. Received the same output while today's upgrade
plymouth-theme-kubuntu-text, package "9.4 base-files" to "9.4.4 base-
files".
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I think its affected plymouth-theme-kubuntu-text postinst too. Please
find the attached screenshot
** Attachment added: "dpkg-zesty.png"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1597466/+attachment/4799499/+files/dpkg-zesty.png
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Glad this issue was fixed, I hope that you get the time to SRU it to
Xenial soon.
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Title:
dpkg giving warning about '/etc/lsb-release' version
This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-gnome-default-settings -
16.10.1
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ubuntu-gnome-default-settings (16.10.1) yakkety; urgency=medium
* Synchronize plymouth-theme-ubuntu-gnome-text postinst with the postinst
from plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text to fix erroneous output (LP:
** Changed in: ubuntu-gnome-default-settings (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed
** Changed in: ubuntu-gnome-default-settings (Ubuntu Xenial)
Status: New => Confirmed
** Changed in: ubuntu-gnome-default-settings (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Adam Conrad (adconrad)
** Branch linked: lp:ubuntu-gnome-default-settings
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Title:
dpkg giving warning about '/etc/lsb-release' version number not
starting with a
Thanks for the log. Fix uploaded to yakkety, will SRU to xenial a bit
later.
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Title:
dpkg giving warning about '/etc/lsb-release' version
** Changed in: ubuntu-gnome
Status: Confirmed => Invalid
** Package changed: dpkg (Ubuntu) => ubuntu-gnome-default-settings
(Ubuntu)
** Also affects: ubuntu-gnome-default-settings (Ubuntu Xenial)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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** Attachment added: "term.log"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/1597466/+attachment/4695374/+files/term.log
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Title:
dpkg
I think this was a bug that was fixed in plymouth several months ago,
but it's hard to tell without seeing a longer log of your apt output
(/var/log/apt/term.log* should contain the error, and context).
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I've also seen this, but it occurred shortly after installing updates
for the plymouth theme for ubuntu gnome. Unfortunately, I am unable to
reproduce the issue.
** Changed in: ubuntu-gnome
Status: New => Confirmed
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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