[Bug 1597466] Re: dpkg giving warning about '/etc/lsb-release' version number not starting with a digit when there is no apparent problem in the file

[Fredrik Normann]

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.
Need to get 5,946 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] 
Get:1 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 base-files amd64 10.1ubuntu2.2 [58.2 kB]
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 libmozjs-52-0 amd64 52.9.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 [5,887 kB]
Fetched 5,946 kB in 1s (4,039 kB/s)        
(Reading database ... 337169 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../base-files_10.1ubuntu2.2_amd64.deb ...
Warning: Stopping motd-news.service, but it can still be activated by:
  motd-news.timer
Unpacking base-files (10.1ubuntu2.2) over (10.1ubuntu2.1) ...
Setting up base-files (10.1ubuntu2.2) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news ...
motd-news.service is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it.
(Reading database ... 337169 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libmozjs-52-0_52.9.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libmozjs-52-0:amd64 (52.9.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) over (52.8.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) ...
Setting up libmozjs-52-0:amd64 (52.9.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for install-info (6.5.0.dfsg.1-2) ...
Processing triggers for plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text (0.9.3-1ubuntu7) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for cracklib-runtime (2.9.2-5build1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2) ...
Processing triggers for plymouth-theme-kubuntu-text (1:18.04ubuntu11) ...
dpkg: warning: version '/etc/lsb-release' has bad syntax: version number does not start with digit
rmdir: failed to remove '/lib/plymouth/': No such file or directory
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.130ubuntu3.2pop3) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-32-generic

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Title:
  dpkg giving warning about '/etc/lsb-release' version number not
  starting with a digit when there is no apparent problem in the file

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