[Bug 1182210] Re: package initramfs-tools 0.103ubuntu0.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Benjamin Drung]

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** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Incomplete

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Title:
  package initramfs-tools 0.103ubuntu0.2 failed to install/upgrade:
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
  status 1

Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I upgraded my Linaro Ubuntu ARM PC from 12.04 to 12.11 and now I have
  always this bug problem :/

  Now I am always running into an error while upgrading and so on.
  I get the following messages trough ssh while upgrading:

  sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree
  Reading state information... Done
  Calculating upgrade... Done
  0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  1 not fully installed or removed.
  After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
  Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
  Setting up initramfs-tools (0.103ubuntu0.2) ...
  update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
  Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
  update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.7.0-1-linaro-lt-origen
  Unsupported platform.
  run-parts: /etc/initramfs/post-update.d//flash-kernel exited with return code 1
  dpkg: error processing initramfs-tools (--configure):
   subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
  Errors were encountered while processing:




  Could not install the upgrades

  The upgrade has aborted. Your system could be in an unusable state. A 
  recovery will run now (dpkg --configure -a). 

  Setting up initramfs-tools (0.103ubuntu0.2) ...
  update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
  Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
  update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.7.0-1-linaro-lt-origen
  Unsupported platform.
  run-parts: /etc/initramfs/post-update.d//flash-kernel exited with return code 1
  dpkg: error processing initramfs-tools (--configure):
   subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   initramfs-tools

  Upgrade complete

  The upgrade has completed but there were errors during the upgrade 
  process. 

  To continue please press [ENTER]

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Linaro 12.11
  Package: initramfs-tools 0.103ubuntu0.2
  Uname: Linux 3.6.0-rc1 armv7l
  ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10
  AptOrdering: initramfs-tools: Configure
  Architecture: armhf
  Date: Mon May 20 20:07:06 2013
  DpkgHistoryLog: Start-Date: 2013-05-20  20:06:49
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
  Title: package initramfs-tools 0.103ubuntu0.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2013-05-20 (0 days ago)

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