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initramfs-tools package

package initramfs-tools 0.136ubuntu6.4 failed to install/upgrade: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

Bug #1922615 reported by Randall King on 2021-04-06

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 1 person

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

Bug Description

Crash during update. Running as a virtual machine under FreeBSD/Bhyve.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: initramfs-tools 0.136ubuntu6.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-40.45~20.04.1-generic 5.8.18
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-40-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.16
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Mon Apr 5 17:41:20 2021
ErrorMessage: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-07-15 (265 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
PackageArchitecture: all
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.5, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.19.7ubuntu3
apt 2.0.4
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package initramfs-tools 0.136ubuntu6.4 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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Randall King (rrking858) wrote on 2021-04-06:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (2.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (2.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (2.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (48.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (14.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (35.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (644 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (962 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2021-04-06

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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.