Package: cloud-utils Version: 0.27-1 Someone run into trouble running cloud-initramfs-growroot because the sfdisk 2.26 patch[0] introduced calls to `cut` and neither `dpkg` not `cut` is in the initramfs. I suggest doing MAJOR=${SFDISK_VERSION%%.*} MID=${${SFDISK_VERSION#*.}%%.*} instead. [0] https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/cloud-utils.git/commit/?id=0e1d44ecfc28876bd98c4686b05e824c69125baf