package initramfs-tools 0.103ubuntu0.7 [modified: usr/sbin/update-initramfs] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[smarshall]

no

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: initramfs-tools 0.103ubuntu0.7 [modified: usr/sbin/update-initramfs]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.332
Date: Sun Oct 6 00:25:57 2013
DuplicateSignature: package:initramfs-tools:0.103ubuntu0.7 [modified: usr/sbin/update-initramfs]:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
LiveMediaBuild: This
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package initramfs-tools 0.103ubuntu0.7 [modified: usr/sbin/update-initramfs] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

It looks like you have the package ubiquity installed which is not needed and is causing a problem with the installation of initframfs-tools, please remove it (ubiquity).

[Andy Whitcroft (apw)]

update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.8.0-19-generic
cryptsetup: WARNING: failed to detect canonical device of overlayfs
cryptsetup: WARNING: could not determine root device from /etc/fstab
/tmp/mkinitramfs_nyuG6z/scripts/casper-bottom/48xubuntu_maybe_ubiquity: 6: .: Can't open /scripts/casper-functions
cp: cannot create regular file ‘/cdrom/casper/initrd.gz.new’: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing initramfs-tools (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1