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initramfs-tools package

package initramfs-tools 0.136ubuntu6.7 failed to install/upgrade: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

Bug #1978316 reported by Chris Ward on 2022-06-10

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #798414: update-initramfs should produce a more helpful error message when there isn't enough free space--or provide an automatic tool for removal of old files. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Went to execute update. Got the report

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: initramfs-tools 0.136ubuntu6.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-117.132-generic 5.4.189
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-117-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.24
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Fri Jun 10 14:19:09 2022
ErrorMessage: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-07 (2377 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
PackageArchitecture: all
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.10, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.18, python-is-python2, 2.7.17-4
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.19.7ubuntu3
apt 2.0.8
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package initramfs-tools 0.136ubuntu6.7 failed to install/upgrade: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2021-06-22 (352 days ago)

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Chris Ward (zaph0d) wrote on 2022-06-10:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (2.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (2.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (769 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (130.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (5.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (17.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (416 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2022-06-23

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Benjamin Drung (bdrung) wrote on 2023-12-19:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The relevant dpkg terminal log says:

cat: write error: No space left on device

So generating the initramfs fails because your /boot partition is full. Please cleanup your boot partition. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.