I dropped that codepath entirely in vivid in 1.17.23ubuntu1, since it was only meant for transitions to trusty anyway. Ubuntu doesn't do point releases the same way as Debian (we don't merge -updates down into the release pocket at point releases), so fixing this for T/U will do no one any measurable amount of good, so I'll just WontFix the old releases.
** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released ** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu Trusty) Status: New => Won't Fix ** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu Utopic) Status: New => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1376590 Title: dpkg postinst uses awk before it exists during bootstrap To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/1376590/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs