package initramfs-tools 0.99ubuntu13.5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Gang Liu]

root@lg-virtual-machine:~# apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  thunderbird-globalmenu libxrandr-ltsq2 language-pack-kde-en gir1.2-ubuntuoneui-3.0 language-pack-kde-en-base firefox-globalmenu
  libubuntuoneui-3.0-1 linux-headers-3.5.0-23 linux-headers-3.5.0-23-generic libllvm3.1
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libc6-dev
Suggested packages:
  glibc-doc
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libc6-dev
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 129 not upgraded.
5 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/5,099 kB of archives.
After this operation, 12.3 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.99ubuntu13.5) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Setting up linux-image-3.13.0-40-generic (3.13.0-40.69~precise1) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
The link /initrd.img is a dangling linkto /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-40-generic
vmlinuz(/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-40-generic
) points to /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-40-generic
 (/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-40-generic) -- doing nothing at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-3.13.0-40-generic.postinst line 491.
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 3.13.0-40-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-40-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 3.13.0-40-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-40-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-40-generic

gzip: stdout: No space left on device
E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-40-generic with 1.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-3.13.0-40-generic.postinst line 1025.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-3.13.0-40-generic (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libc6-dev:
 libc6-dev depends on libc6 (= 2.15-0ubuntu10.10); however:
  Version of libc6 on system is 2.15-0ubuntu10.12.
 libc6-dev depends on libc-dev-bin (= 2.15-0ubuntu10.10); however:
  Version of libc-dev-bin on system is 2.15-0ubuntu10.12.
dpkg: error processing libc6-dev (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic-lts-trusty:
 linux-image-generic-lts-trusty depends on linux-image-3.13.0-40-generic; however:
  Package linux-image-3.13.0-40-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-generic-lts-trusty (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic-lts-trusty:
 linux-generic-lts-trusty depends on linux-image-generic-lts-trusty; however:
  Package linux-image-generic-lts-trusty is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-generic-lts-trusty (--configuNo apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                              No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
  No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                                                                                            re):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-39-generic

gzip: stdout: No space left on device
E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-39-generic with 1.
dpkg: error processing initramfs-tools (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-3.13.0-40-generic
 libc6-dev
 linux-image-generic-lts-trusty
 linux-generic-lts-trusty
 initramfs-tools
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: initramfs-tools 0.99ubuntu13.5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-39.66~precise1-generic 3.13.11.8
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-39-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.8
AptOrdering:
 initramfs-tools: Configure
 linux-image-3.13.0-40-generic: Configure
 libc6-dev: Configure
 linux-image-generic-lts-trusty: Configure
 linux-generic-lts-trusty: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Apr 16 17:42:16 2015
DuplicateSignature: package:initramfs-tools:0.99ubuntu13.5:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130213)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package initramfs-tools 0.99ubuntu13.5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2015-04-13 (3 days ago)

[Andy Whitcroft (apw)]

Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-39-generic

gzip: stdout: No space left on device
E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-39-generic with 1.
dpkg: error processing initramfs-tools (--configure):

[Andy Whitcroft (apw)]

This is a disk full situation. With the autoremove fixes this should be prevented in the future.