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initramfs-tools package

package initramfs-tools 0.98.8ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #783523 reported by Michael G. Williams on 2011-05-16

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

Binary package hint: initramfs-tools

Every time I update my software, this package attempts to install and then fails. Is there something I'm doing wrong? This is on a system that was originally a clean install of 10.04, then upgraded to 10.10 and 11.04 over time as those were released.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: initramfs-tools 0.98.8ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-9.43-generic 2.6.38.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-9-generic i686
AptOrdering: initramfs-tools: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon May 16 10:48:38 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100427.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package initramfs-tools 0.98.8ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-02 (13 days ago)

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Michael G. Williams (michael-williams) wrote on 2011-05-16:

Dependencies.txt Edit (1.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (570 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (48.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (470 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Michael G. Williams (michael-williams) wrote on 2011-05-16:

Please close this bug report. The problem was that I'd run out of space in /boot. I did some tidying up and the package installed just fine. Sorry!

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2011-06-16:

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.