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initramfs-tools package

package initramfs-tools 0.136ubuntu6 failed to install/upgrade: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

Bug #1877181 reported by Thomas on 2020-05-06

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #798414: update-initramfs should produce a more helpful error message when there isn't enough free space--or provide an automatic tool for removal of old files. Edit Remove

This bug affects 3 people

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

Bug Description

Happening while trying to upgrade from 18.04 to 20.04.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: initramfs-tools 0.136ubuntu6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-51.44~18.04.2-generic 5.3.18
Uname: Linux 5.3.0-51-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Wed May 6 14:26:11 2020
ErrorMessage: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-10 (2249 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.04.4 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20140204)
PackageArchitecture: all
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.2, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.18rc1, python-is-python2, 2.7.17-4
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.19.7ubuntu3
apt 2.0.2
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package initramfs-tools 0.136ubuntu6 failed to install/upgrade: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-05-06 (0 days ago)

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Thomas (thomashw) wrote on 2020-05-06:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (35.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (2.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (120.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (116.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (158.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (493 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (991 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2020-05-06

tags:

removed: need-duplicate-check

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2020-05-07:

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

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

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Mikkel Kirkgaard Nielsen (mikini) wrote on 2023-04-21:

Seems plausible that this is caused by inadequate storage on /boot.

See Df.txt;
/dev/sdb2 241965 197598 31875 87% /boot

See end of DpkgTerminalLog.txt;
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-29-generic
Error 24 : Write error : cannot write compressed block
E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 lz4 -9 -l 24
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-29-generic with 1.
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

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Benjamin Drung (bdrung) wrote on 2023-08-14:

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 798414, 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.