[Bug 1291263] [NEW] dpkg postinst fails during cdebootstrap

[Tor Krill]

Public bug reported:

The migrate_multiarch_conffile() in dpkg, 1.16.12ubuntu1, postinst
breaks cdebootstrap since it uses awk which is provided by mawk but not
yet configured.

Running

sudo cdebootstrap --debug -f minimal  saucy ./root
http://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/ubuntu

on a fresh ubuntu 13.10 install ends with:

O: Unpacking dpkg (from .../dpkg_1.16.12ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
P: Unpacking package dpkg
D: Updating dpkg to status 2
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 (>= 1.32); 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: Setting up dpkg (1.16.12ubuntu1) ...
P: Configuring package dpkg
D: Updating dpkg to status 3
O: /var/lib/dpkg/info/dpkg.postinst: 78: /var/lib/dpkg/info/dpkg.postinst: awk: not found
O: dpkg: error processing 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

** Affects: dpkg (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  dpkg postinst fails during cdebootstrap

Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The migrate_multiarch_conffile() in dpkg, 1.16.12ubuntu1, postinst
  breaks cdebootstrap since it uses awk which is provided by mawk but
  not yet configured.

  Running

  sudo cdebootstrap --debug -f minimal  saucy ./root
  http://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/ubuntu

  on a fresh ubuntu 13.10 install ends with:

  O: Unpacking dpkg (from .../dpkg_1.16.12ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
  P: Unpacking package dpkg
  D: Updating dpkg to status 2
  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 (>= 1.32); 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: Setting up dpkg (1.16.12ubuntu1) ...
  P: Configuring package dpkg
  D: Updating dpkg to status 3
  O: /var/lib/dpkg/info/dpkg.postinst: 78: /var/lib/dpkg/info/dpkg.postinst: awk: not found
  O: dpkg: error processing 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

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