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initramfs-tools package

package initramfs-tools 0.130ubuntu3.5 failed to install/upgrade: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2

Bug #1803313 reported by Goffdely on 2018-11-14

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1568071: package initramfs-tools 0.122ubuntu6 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2: Cannot fork. Edit Remove

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I don't know anything about initralfs and *-tools. But Ubuntu rise a bug...

Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Release: 18.04

apt-cache policy initramfs-tools
initramfs-tools:
  Installé : 0.130ubuntu3.5
  Candidat : 0.130ubuntu3.5
Table de version :
*** 0.130ubuntu3.5 500
        500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.130ubuntu3 500
        500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main i386 Packages

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: initramfs-tools 0.130ubuntu3.5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-38.41-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-38-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.4
AptOrdering:
udev:amd64: Install
libudev1:amd64: Install
libudev1:amd64: Configure
NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Nov 14 09:11:28 2018
Df:

Dmesg:

ErrorMessage: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-11-11 (2 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
PackageArchitecture: all
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.6, python3-minimal, 3.6.5-3ubuntu1
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2.1
apt 1.6.6
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package initramfs-tools 0.130ubuntu3.5 failed to install/upgrade: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Goffdely (goffdely) wrote on 2018-11-14:

Dependencies.txt Edit (2.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (130.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (2.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2018-11-16:

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

Changed in initramfs-tools (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Benjamin Drung (bdrung) wrote on 2023-12-15:

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 1568071, 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.