[Bug 1713004] [NEW] Temporary files left under /var/tmp by mkinitramfs

[Thomas A. F. Thorne]

Public bug reported:

I recently ran out of disk space on my / mount.  While looking for what
consumed the disk I noticed a large number (130) of directories with
names / paths beginning /var/tmp/mkinitramfs.  These directories seem to
be either ~103 MB or ~927 MB in size.  Many of these files are months
old, some are almost a year.

Having had a quick look about for an explanation as to why these files
are here and found Debian Bug #814345.  That explains that temporary
files are left behind by the initramfs-tools if something fails in the
process.  If this is the cause of my files then updating the Ubuntu
package to version 0.123 should resolve this issue.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: initramfs-tools 0.122ubuntu8.8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-72.93-generic 4.4.49
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-72-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Aug 25 09:40:41 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-03-12 (896 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: initramfs-tools (Debian)
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Unknown


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #814345
   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=814345

** Also affects: initramfs-tools (Debian) via
   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=814345
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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Title:
  Temporary files left under /var/tmp by mkinitramfs

Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in initramfs-tools package in Debian:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  I recently ran out of disk space on my / mount.  While looking for
  what consumed the disk I noticed a large number (130) of directories
  with names / paths beginning /var/tmp/mkinitramfs.  These directories
  seem to be either ~103 MB or ~927 MB in size.  Many of these files are
  months old, some are almost a year.

  Having had a quick look about for an explanation as to why these files
  are here and found Debian Bug #814345.  That explains that temporary
  files are left behind by the initramfs-tools if something fails in the
  process.  If this is the cause of my files then updating the Ubuntu
  package to version 0.123 should resolve this issue.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: initramfs-tools 0.122ubuntu8.8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-72.93-generic 4.4.49
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-72-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Fri Aug 25 09:40:41 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-03-12 (896 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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