Actually, now that I look more closely it doesn't affect xenial or bionic after all. The regression was introduced in commit 283871573db33af8bb1a77d452d17ac6e18ef9e2 which was part of livecd-rootfs 2.559, which is newer than bionic. If we ever plan to use the new-style base images for disco then this would be a problem there, but we probably don't.
Actually, now that I look more closely it doesn't affect xenial or bionic after all. The regression was introduced in commit 283871573db33af 8bb1a77d452d17a c6e18ef9e2 which was part of livecd-rootfs 2.559, which is newer than bionic. If we ever plan to use the new-style base images for disco then this would be a problem there, but we probably don't.