[Bug 1512919] Re: `dpkg --configure initramfs-tools` fails

[Benjamin Drung]

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

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Title:
  `dpkg --configure initramfs-tools` fails

Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I encountered a problem trying to install 4.3 kernel on Wily.  (This
  is not the bug I'm reporting.) http://pastebin.com/Lp6ZgWV0

  
  Investigating the complaint that initramfs-tools was not configured, I tried the command listed in the summary.

  > dpkg --configure initramfs-tools

  The result was this.  http://pastebin.com/X2Bg4YWs

  The line "ln: error: /proc/mounts: file is empty" seemed very strange,
  because /proc/mounts is a symlink to /proc/self/mounts, which is not
  empty.

  The error occurs even after purging all the 4.3 kernels, uninstalling
  all microcode and proprietary drivers.  Note the error is encountered
  when processing the 4.2 kernel, not 4.3.


  
  Release: 
  Description:    Ubuntu 15.10
  Release:        15.10

  
  initramfs-tools: 
    Installed: 0.120ubuntu6
    Candidate: 0.120ubuntu6
    Version table:
   *** 0.120ubuntu6 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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