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initramfs-tools package

package initramfs-tools 0.103ubuntu13 failed to install/upgrade: triggers looping, abandoned

Bug #1432070 reported by Aleksandar Dezelin on 2015-03-13

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)	Won't Fix	High	Unassigned

Bug Description

sudo apt-get upgrade -y

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: initramfs-tools 0.103ubuntu13
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-7.7-generic 3.19.0
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-7-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.16.2-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Mar 13 23:46:26 2015
DuplicateSignature: package:initramfs-tools:0.103ubuntu13:triggers looping, abandoned
ErrorMessage: triggers looping, abandoned
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-02-18 (22 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package initramfs-tools 0.103ubuntu13 failed to install/upgrade: triggers looping, abandoned
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-03-07 (6 days ago)

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Aleksandar Dezelin (dezelin) wrote on 2015-03-13:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (9.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (2.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (710 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (72.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (11.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (23.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2015-03-13

tags:

removed: need-duplicate-check

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2015-03-14:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in initramfs-tools (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) on 2015-03-15

Changed in initramfs-tools (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → High

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2015-03-20:

dpkg trigger cycle detection was an experimental feature in Debian, and subsequently Ubuntu, was has now been removed from dpkg. Therefore, this bug report is no longer valid and I'm marking it as such.

If you are interested in more information about this issue you could look at:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=776910#42