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initramfs-tools package

package initramfs-tools 0.136ubuntu6.7 failed to install/upgrade: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

Bug #1975785 reported by IH on 2022-05-26

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

failed to install initramfs-tools

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: initramfs-tools 0.136ubuntu6.7
Uname: Linux 5.16.19-76051619-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.24
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Wed May 25 22:33:13 2022
ErrorMessage: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-02-26 (88 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731)
PackageArchitecture: all
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.10, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.19.7ubuntu3
apt 2.0.8
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package initramfs-tools 0.136ubuntu6.7 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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IH (yettacaletta) wrote on 2022-05-26:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (764 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (2.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (840 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (85.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (8.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (9.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (646 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2022-06-14:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in initramfs-tools (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2022-06-23

tags:

removed: need-duplicate-check

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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.