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initramfs-tools package

package initramfs-tools 0.137ubuntu12 failed to install/upgrade: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

Bug #1908942 reported by Oded Arbel on 2020-12-21

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 1 person

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

Bug Description

during first update after installing a new copy of groovy.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10
Package: initramfs-tools 0.137ubuntu12
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-33.36-generic 5.8.17
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-33-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Mon Dec 21 22:30:15 2020
ErrorMessage: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-12-21 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Release amd64 (20201022)
PackageArchitecture: all
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.6, python3-minimal, 3.8.6-0ubuntu1
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.20.5ubuntu2
apt 2.1.10ubuntu0.1
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package initramfs-tools 0.137ubuntu12 failed to install/upgrade: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Oded Arbel (oded-geek) wrote on 2020-12-21:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (3.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (2.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (2.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (46.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (111.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (27.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (830 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (952 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2020-12-21

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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.