[Bug 220094] Re: initramfs-tools trigger fails if modules aren't installed

[Benjamin Drung]

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I recently applied a patch to handle missing modules IIRC. So I assume
that it is fixed in Ubuntu 24.04 or 24.10.

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

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Title:
  initramfs-tools trigger fails if modules aren't installed

Status in initramfs-tools:
  New
Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I upgraded a system from gutsy to hardy. Before starting the do-
  release-upgrade -d, I removed all the kernel and modules packages that
  were installed under gutsy (I use my own kernel, because 2.6.24 has
  kernel bug 10118, and I was running out of disk space on /boot).

  During the "setting up" stage, I hit problems: apt refused to do
  anything further and told me to run dpkg --configure -a. but dpkg
  --configure -a failed because the initramfs-tools trigger couldn't
  find the appropriate /lib/modules directory.

  I eventually found a workaround: 
  rm /var/lib/dpkg/triggers/initramfs-tools

  If initramfs-tools can't install without kernel modules installed,
  shouldn't it have a dependency on some modules package? Or, better
  still, maybe have the initramfs-tools trigger exit gracefully if it
  doesn't see any modules.

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