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initramfs-tools package

package initramfs-tools 0.136ubuntu6.6 failed to install/upgrade: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

Bug #1942798 reported by Wm Koch on 2021-09-06

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

Upgrade from 18.04 to 20.04.3 failed. An upgrade may not succeed your system may be unusable...etc.
Retrying install is failing again this time due to space on /boot...will make space and retry.

I am presuming that the install pointing to URL generated a message to the developers with details.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+filebug/03ac2f4c-0f3c-11ec-a1ce-d485646cd9a4?field.title=package+initramfs-tools+0.136ubuntu6.6+failed+to+install%2Fupgrade%3A+installed+initramfs-tools+package+post-installation+script+subprocess+returned+error+exit+status+1

wgk

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: initramfs-tools 0.136ubuntu6.6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-154.161-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-154-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.18
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Mon Sep 6 12:57:22 2021
ErrorMessage: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-02-10 (3130 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120817.3)
PackageArchitecture: all
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.10, 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 2.0.6
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package initramfs-tools 0.136ubuntu6.6 failed to install/upgrade: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2021-09-06 (0 days ago)

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Wm Koch (wgk-eagle) wrote on 2021-09-06:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (23.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (2.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (791 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (86.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (77.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (166.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (497 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2021-09-06

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Wm Koch (wgk-eagle) wrote on 2021-09-06:

autoremove and Reran...failed...rebooted and system came up saying it is running 20.04.3.
go figure...

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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.