This bug was fixed in the package dpkg - 1.18.4ubuntu1.3
--------------- dpkg (1.18.4ubuntu1.3) xenial; urgency=medium
* Use ohshit() instead of internerr() for unhandled dpkg-split exit codes. (i.e. do not abort). Closes: #812679, LP: #1601998
-- Brian Murray <email address hidden> Fri, 20 Oct 2017 16:14:06 -0700
This bug was fixed in the package dpkg - 1.18.4ubuntu1.3
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dpkg (1.18.4ubuntu1.3) xenial; urgency=medium
* Use ohshit() instead of internerr() for unhandled dpkg-split exit
codes. (i.e. do not abort). Closes: #812679, LP: #1601998
-- Brian Murray <email address hidden> Fri, 20 Oct 2017 16:14:06 -0700