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initramfs-tools package

package initramfs-tools 0.103ubuntu0.7 [modified: usr/sbin/update-initramfs] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #1235860 reported by smarshall
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This bug affects 5 people
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initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

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ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: initramfs-tools 0.103ubuntu0.7 [modified: usr/sbin/update-initramfs]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.332
Date: Sun Oct 6 00:25:57 2013
DuplicateSignature: package:initramfs-tools:0.103ubuntu0.7 [modified: usr/sbin/update-initramfs]:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
LiveMediaBuild: This
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package initramfs-tools 0.103ubuntu0.7 [modified: usr/sbin/update-initramfs] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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smarshall (mssnet) wrote :
Apport retracing service (apport)
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in initramfs-tools (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

It looks like you have the package ubiquity installed which is not needed and is causing a problem with the installation of initframfs-tools, please remove it (ubiquity).

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Andy Whitcroft (apw) wrote :

update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.8.0-19-generic
cryptsetup: WARNING: failed to detect canonical device of overlayfs
cryptsetup: WARNING: could not determine root device from /etc/fstab
/tmp/mkinitramfs_nyuG6z/scripts/casper-bottom/48xubuntu_maybe_ubiquity: 6: .: Can't open /scripts/casper-functions
cp: cannot create regular file ‘/cdrom/casper/initrd.gz.new’: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing initramfs-tools (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Changed in initramfs-tools (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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