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initramfs-tools package

package initramfs-tools 0.136ubuntu6.3 failed to install/upgrade: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

Bug #1898944 reported by Malcolm Durie on 2020-10-07

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 2 people

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

Bug Description

Installation gave and error about intramfs-tools and repository being out of date when upgrading from 18.04LTS to latest 20.04.01.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: initramfs-tools 0.136ubuntu6.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-48.52-generic 5.4.60
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-48-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.9
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Wed Oct 7 23:01:56 2020
ErrorMessage: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-11 (1731 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
PackageArchitecture: all
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.5, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.18, python-is-python2, 2.7.17-4
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.19.7ubuntu3
apt 2.0.2ubuntu0.1
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package initramfs-tools 0.136ubuntu6.3 failed to install/upgrade: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-10-07 (0 days ago)

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Malcolm Durie (malcolm-durie) wrote on 2020-10-07:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (68.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (2.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (635 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (98.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (238.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (286.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (632 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (760 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2020-10-07

tags:

removed: need-duplicate-check

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2020-10-08:

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 2023-08-14:

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.