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initramfs-tools package

package initramfs-tools 0.140ubuntu13 failed to install/upgrade: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

Bug #1981645 reported by Olin Russell on 2022-07-13

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

Simply running sudo apt upgrade

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: initramfs-tools 0.140ubuntu13
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-40.43-generic 5.15.35
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-40-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zcommon znvpair zavl icp
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
Date: Wed Jul 13 16:01:05 2022
ErrorMessage: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-02-27 (136 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Alpha amd64 (20220226)
PackageArchitecture: all
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.10, Python 3.10.4, python3-minimal, 3.10.4-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: N/A
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.21.1ubuntu2.1
apt 2.4.5
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package initramfs-tools 0.140ubuntu13 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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Olin Russell (olinr) wrote on 2022-07-13:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (1.4 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 (260.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (5.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (15.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) wrote on 2022-07-14:

Quote from your logs:

Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.140ubuntu13) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.15.0-40-generic
xz: (stdout): Write error: No space left on device

Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
bpool/BOOT/ubuntu_jitbuk 394368 275840 118528 70% /boot

Your /boot partition is far too small. Current recommendation is allocating at least 0.75 GiB, better 1.5 GiB for /boot, not only 0.4 GB as you have on your system. see also Bug #1959971

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Benjamin Drung (bdrung) wrote on 2023-07-19:

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.