Comment 11 for bug 350988

alias udevinfo='udevadm info' did not solve my problem.

I still get the cpio error:

nkj@nkj-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.92bubuntu29) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)

Setting up linux-image-2.6.28-13-generic (2.6.28-13.44) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-13-generic
cpio: ./bin/udevinfo: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-13-generic
Failed to create initrd image.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.28-13-generic (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
 linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.28-13-generic; however:
  Package linux-image-2.6.28-13-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-14-generic
cpio: ./bin/udevinfo: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-14-generic
dpkg: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
nkj@nkj-laptop:~$