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 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1597466 Title: dpkg giving warning about '/etc/lsb-release' version number not starting with a digit when there is no apparent problem in the file To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1597466/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs