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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 #2031296 reported by Chris on 2023-08-14

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

This bug just appeared while I was using Ubuntu

```
lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS
Release: 20.04

```

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: initramfs-tools 0.136ubuntu6.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-156.173-generic 5.4.241
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-156-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.27
AptOrdering:
intel-microcode:amd64: Install
NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Mon Aug 14 10:26:31 2023
ErrorMessage: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-19 (2154 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
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 1.19.7ubuntu3.2
apt 2.0.9
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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Chris (forgetso) wrote on 2023-08-14:

Dependencies.txt Edit (2.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (891 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (83.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (37.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (808 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (499 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2023-08-14

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.