This is a stupid uninitialized variable error in the postinstall script: case "$1" in configure) # Added manually, since we mangled the arguments, and dpkg-maintscript-helper # won't work if [ -n "$2" ] && `dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt "340.106-0ubuntu5"`; then rm -f /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-340.conf fi CURRENT_KERNEL=$(uname -r) NEWEST_KERNEL=$(get_newest_kernel "$KERNELS")
Variable "KERNELS" is not defined, so when get_newest_kernel tries to use dpkg to look up the kernel version it fails. Defining "KERNELS" to be CURRENT_KERNEL allows the configure to work: case "$1" in configure) # Added manually, since we mangled the arguments, and dpkg-maintscript-helper # won't work if [ -n "$2" ] && `dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt "340.106-0ubuntu5"`; then rm -f /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-340.conf fi CURRENT_KERNEL=$(uname -r) KERNELS=$CURRENT_KERNEL NEWEST_KERNEL=$(get_newest_kernel "$KERNELS") Seriously - this has been an issue for over a year, and nobody bothered to look into it? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1853977 Title: nvidia-340 dpkg: error: version '-' has bad syntax: revision number is empty To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1853977/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs