package initramfs-tools-bin 0.92bubuntu78 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package initramfs-tools-bin is already installed and configured

[bigbsatti]

Binary package hint: dpkg

i am getting this error when i am trying to upgrade using update manager

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: initramfs-tools-bin 0.92bubuntu78
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jun 7 20:31:17 2011
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: package initramfs-tools-bin is already installed and configured
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
SourcePackage: dpkg
Title: package initramfs-tools-bin 0.92bubuntu78 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package initramfs-tools-bin is already installed and configured

[Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

[Raphaël Hertzog (hertzog)]

The error is:
dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:

 files list file for package 'computer-janitor-gtk' is missing final newline

It's likely a file system corruption. Remove /var/lib/dpkg/info/computer-janitor-gtk.list and reinstall this package.

If you know how to reproduce the problem, feel free to reopen the bug. But for now I'm closing it as invalid.