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initramfs-tools package

package initramfs-tools 0.140ubuntu13 failed to install/upgrade: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

Bug #1992102 reported by Mark Fisher on 2022-10-06

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

using synaptic package manager to install uogrades, error message at end.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: initramfs-tools 0.140ubuntu13
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-48.54-generic 5.15.53
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-48-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
Date: Thu Oct 6 22:23:55 2022
ErrorMessage: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-12-08 (2859 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.10, Python 3.10.6, python3-minimal, 3.10.6-1~22.04
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.21.1ubuntu2.1
apt 2.4.8
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package initramfs-tools 0.140ubuntu13 failed to install/upgrade: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-08-20 (47 days ago)

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Mark Fisher (markf01) wrote on 2022-10-06:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (761 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (2.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (491 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (104.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (2.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (525 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (992 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2022-12-05

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Benjamin Drung (bdrung) wrote on 2023-07-19:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 798414, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.