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initramfs-tools package

  1. Bug #798414
  2. Comment #14

Comment 14 for bug 798414

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Redoubts (redoubts) wrote : Re: update-initramfs should produce a more helpful error when there isn't enough free space

I'm link dropping a bug report into this thread since they're very related.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/923876

is attempting to prevent the /boot partition from getting this full to begin with.
As of today (2013-03-26), the status shows 'fix implemented' in Precise, but 'pending' in Quantal.