package initramfs-tools 0.122ubuntu8.8 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Bas de Paauw]

At updating the langauge this error occured.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: initramfs-tools 0.122ubuntu8.8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1-generic 4.8.11
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-36-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed May 24 19:13:51 2017
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
 apt 1.2.19
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package initramfs-tools 0.122ubuntu8.8 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Seth Arnold (seth-arnold)]

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.

[Seth Arnold (seth-arnold)]

This looks like the important part from the logs:

Setting up initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8.8) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
cp: cannot create regular file '/cdrom/casper/initrd.gz.new': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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