[Bug 1656910] Re: package linux-firmwar1, crash on upgrade from 14.04 to 16.04

[Benjamin Drung]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1605941 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1605941

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** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1605941
   /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/udev fails if /etc/udev/rules.d contains directories

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Title:
  package linux-firmwar1, crash on upgrade from 14.04 to 16.04

Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I was upgrading Ubuntu Server 14.04 running JIRA, nginx and postgresql
  to 16.04. The following output was pushed to the screen and then
  prompted me to do a bug report.

  Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu13) ...
  Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8.8) ...
  update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-107-generic
  cp: omitting directory '/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules'
  E: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/udev failed with return 1.
  update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-107-generic with 1.
  dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
   subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                                Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
  Processing triggers for resolvconf (1.78ubuntu2) ...
  Processing triggers for ca-certificates (20160104ubuntu1) ...
  Updating certificates in /etc/ssl/certs...
  0 added, 0 removed; done.
  Running hooks in /etc/ca-certificates/update.d...
  done.
  Processing triggers for dbus (1.10.6-1ubuntu3.1) ...
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   linux-firmware
   linux-image-4.4.0-59-generic
   linux-image-extra-4.4.0-59-generic
   linux-image-generic
   linux-generic
   initramfs-tools
  Error in function:

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: linux-firmware 1.157.6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-107.154-generic 3.13.11-ckt39
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-107-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Jan 16 09:30:15 2017
  Dependencies:
   
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-04 (864 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.3)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
   apt  1.2.18
  SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
  Title: package linux-firmware 1.157.6 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2017-01-16 (0 days ago)

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