[Bug 520021] Re: update-initramfs fails due to loss of /lib/udev/firmware.sh during update

[Curtis Hovey]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 519855 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/519855

** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: Registry Administrators (registry) => (unassigned)

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Title:
  update-initramfs fails due to loss of /lib/udev/firmware.sh during
  update

Status in “initramfs-tools” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: initramfs-tools

  Serious problem during apt-get dist-upgrade after apt-get update:

  The file /lib/udev/firmware.sh is apparently deleted during some part
  of an update. This file is essential to update-initramfs. It is almost
  impossible to continue any updates or installs to the system after
  this file has been lost.

  This happened on 2 systems this morning (see below about that).

  Is this bug in initramfs-tools, possibly?

  About 10 am PST on 2010-02-10

  last few lines of screen output from 'apt-get dist-upgrade'

  Setting up libmono-system-runtime2.0-cil (2.4.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2) ...
  Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
  ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
  Processing triggers for python-support ...
  Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
  update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-12-generic
  cpio: ./lib/udev/firmware.sh: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
  update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-12-generic
  dpkg: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)

  And then ...

  # apt-get dist-upgrade
  E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. 

  So then I try dpkg:

  # dpkg --configure -a
  Setting up initramfs-tools (0.92bubuntu64) ...
  update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)

  Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
  update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-12-generic
  cpio: ./lib/udev/firmware.sh: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
  update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-12-generic
  dpkg: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  root at lightning:~# 

  The locate command thinks that the script is still there:

  # locate firmware.sh
  /lib/udev/firmware.sh

  But it isn't:

  # ls /lib/udev | grep firmware
  firmware

  This has happened on two systems this morning. It made it really
  impossible to update the system! Fortunately, since I have two
  systems, it was possible to copy the script from the other system, and
  to continue the update.

  After copying the file, I could complete the installation:

  dpkg --configure -a
  root at lightning:/lib/udev# !dpkg
  dpkg --configure -a
  Setting up initramfs-tools (0.92bubuntu64) ...
  update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)

  Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
  update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-12-generic
  root at lightning:/lib/udev# 

  #ls -l /boot | grep initrd

  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7573322 2010-02-10 10:38
  /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-12-generic

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed Feb 10 10:51:24 2010
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: initramfs-tools 0.92bubuntu64
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-12.17-generic
  SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-12-generic i686

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