Faulty linux-firmware upgrade

[madigal]

Can't upgrade the package:

Préparation du dépaquetage de .../linux-firmware_20220314.gitcd01f857-0ubuntu1_all.deb ...
Dépaquetage de linux-firmware (20220314.gitcd01f857-0ubuntu1) sur (20220302.gitee0667aa-0ubuntu1) ...
dpkg: erreur de traitement de l'archive /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-firmware_20220314.gitcd01f857-0ubuntu1_all.deb (--unpack) :
 impossible d'ouvrir « /lib/firmware/ath11k/WCN6855/hw2.0/regdb.bin.dpkg-new »: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
Aucun rapport « apport » n'a été créé car le message d'erreur rapporte un problème sur le système local
                                                                                                       update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.15.0-22-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.15.0-18-generic
Des erreurs ont été rencontrées pendant l'exécution :
 /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-firmware_20220314.gitcd01f857-0ubuntu1_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[bsdz (blairuk)]

I have the same issue (although error messages in English):

$ sudo apt install --reinstall linux-firmware
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  gnome-screenshot libegl-mesa0:i386 libegl1:i386 libgles2:i386 libicu67:i386 libopengl0 libopengl0:i386
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be upgraded:
  linux-firmware
1 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 168 not to upgrade.
152 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/238 MB of archives.
After this operation, 24.9 MB of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 334963 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../linux-firmware_20220314.gitcd01f857-0ubuntu1_all.deb ...
Unpacking linux-firmware (20220314.gitcd01f857-0ubuntu1) over (20220302.gitee0667aa-0ubuntu1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-firmware_20220314.gitcd01f857-0ubuntu1_all.deb (--unpack):
 unable to open '/lib/firmware/ath11k/WCN6855/hw2.0/regdb.bin.dpkg-new': No such file or directory
No apport report written because the error message indicates an issue on the local system
                                                                                         update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.15.0-18-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.15.0-17-generic
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-firmware_20220314.gitcd01f857-0ubuntu1_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I double checked the deb file and there's a /lib/firmware/ath11k/WCN6855/hw2.0/regdb.bin file. Perhaps the issue might be that /lib/firmware/ath11k/WCN6855/hw2.1/regdb.bin is a symlink to this file in the same archive and during unpacking there's the issue described in:

https://raphaelhertzog.com/2011/07/18/deciphering-one-of-dpkg-weirdest-errors-unable-to-open-pathtofoo-dpkg-new/

[sparticle (sparticle)]

I have the same issue on update of 22.04 today.

sudo apt install --reinstall linux-firmware
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
  linux-firmware
1 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/238 MB of archives.
After this operation, 24.9 MB of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 243441 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../linux-firmware_20220314.gitcd01f857-0ubuntu1_all.deb ...
Unpacking linux-firmware (20220314.gitcd01f857-0ubuntu1) over (20220302.gitee0667aa-0ubuntu1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-firmware_20220314.gitcd01f857-0ubuntu1_all.deb (--unpack):
 unable to open '/lib/firmware/ath11k/WCN6855/hw2.0/regdb.bin.dpkg-new': No such file or directory
No apport report written because the error message indicates an issue on the local system
                                                                                         update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.15.0-22-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.15.0-18-generic
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-firmware_20220314.gitcd01f857-0ubuntu1_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Cheers Spart

[Rarian Rakista (rakista)]

Thirded.

Ubuntu Jammy Jellyfish (development branch)

22:04

Preparing to unpack .../linux-firmware_20220314.gitcd01f857-0ubuntu1_all.deb ...
Unpacking linux-firmware (20220314.gitcd01f857-0ubuntu1) over (20220302.gitee0667aa-0ubuntu1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-firmware_20220314.gitcd01f857-0ubuntu1_all.deb (--unpack):
 unable to open '/lib/firmware/ath11k/WCN6855/hw2.0/regdb.bin.dpkg-new': No such file or directory
No apport report written because the error message indicates an issue on the local system
                                                                                         update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.15.0-22-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.15.0-18-generic
I: Set the RESUME variable to override this.
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-firmware_20220314.gitcd01f857-0ubuntu1_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Achim Behrens (k1l)]

new package is in proposed.
if you cant wait or dont want to enable/download proposed packages rmeove /lib/firmware/ath11k/WCN6855/hw2.1 manually and the update will work.

[Richard Myrtin (richiie89)]

I'm following Achim Behrens advice, and the following is my output. It worked when i issued the following:

sudo rm -rf /lib/firmware/ath11k/WCN6855/hw2.1/

sudo rm -rf /lib/firmware/ath11k/WCN6855/hw2.0/

 sudo apt install --reinstall linux-firmware
Läser paketlistor… Färdig
Bygger beroendeträd… Färdig
Läser tillståndsinformation… Färdig
Följande paket kommer att uppgraderas:
  linux-firmware
1 att uppgradera, 0 att nyinstallera, 0 att ta bort och 0 att inte uppgradera.
Behöver hämta 0 B/238 MB arkiv.
Efter denna åtgärd kommer ytterligare 24,9 MB utrymme användas på disken.
(Läser databasen ... 539931 filer och kataloger installerade.)
Förbereder att packa upp .../linux-firmware_20220314.gitcd01f857-0ubuntu1_all.deb ...
Packar upp linux-firmware (20220314.gitcd01f857-0ubuntu1) över (20220302.gitee0667aa-0ubuntu1) ...
Ställer in linux-firmware (20220314.gitcd01f857-0ubuntu1) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.15.0-22-generic
W: initramfs-tools configuration sets RESUME=UUID=c89b33ec-2f41-458f-9513-8270cc95b5d9
W: but no matching swap device is available.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.15.0-18-generic
W: initramfs-tools configuration sets RESUME=UUID=c89b33ec-2f41-458f-9513-8270cc95b5d9
W: but no matching swap device is available.

(Best thing is that there's no clear error message in the output, which means that Achim Behrens method worked!) Thank you sincerly.