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initramfs-tools package

got an error message when upgrading from 20.10 to 21.04

Bug #1940832 reported by Artis Avontis on 2021-08-23

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

I was upgrading the OS and an error occurred somewhere in the process. It works fine now though.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.04
Package: initramfs-tools 0.139ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-31.33-generic 5.11.22
Uname: Linux 5.11.0-31-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu65.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
Date: Mon Aug 23 14:56:44 2021
ErrorMessage: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-04-07 (137 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Release amd64 (20201022)
PackageArchitecture: all
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.9, Python 3.9.5, python3-minimal, 3.9.4-1
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.20.9ubuntu1
apt 2.2.4ubuntu0.1
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package initramfs-tools 0.139ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to hirsute on 2021-08-23 (0 days ago)

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Artis Avontis (a101yo) wrote on 2021-08-23:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (933 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (2.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (4.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (121.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (25.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (9.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (495 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2021-08-23

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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.