package initramfs-tools 0.103ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade

[Daniele Cruciani]

I killed it. It wait for ever if I do not remove an usb device (this time was a garmin gps).
reproduce with:

1. attach and mount an usb device
2. run the mkinitfs
3. during the process umount an attached usb device
4. wait ...
5. .... kill it or remove usb device

removing the device seems to work around the problem (i tested it), but it was on charge and is not a good thing

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: initramfs-tools 0.103ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-9.16-generic 3.11.2
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-9-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Oct 1 00:40:31 2013
DuplicateSignature: package:initramfs-tools:0.103ubuntu1:
ErrorMessage:

MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package initramfs-tools 0.103ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-09-04 (26 days ago)

[Andy Whitcroft (apw)]

update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.11.0-9-generic
Killed
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-3.11.0-9-generic with 137.
dpkg: error processing initramfs-tools (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 137
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...