Ah, that whitespace could possibly be the issue. The postinstall script hasn't changed in any significant way between Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
Previous 14.04 LTS security updates were: (7.0.52-1ubuntu0.3) on 2015-06-19 (7.0.52-1ubuntu0.1) on 2014-07-24 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1599378 Title: Tomcat7 crashes after upgrade to 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.6 (over 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.3) on Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat7/+bug/1599378/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
