13.10 -> 14.04 upgrade failed: initramfs failed to ugprade, udev is not configured yet
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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apt (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned | ||
Saucy |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Unassigned | ||
Trusty |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
TEST CASE:
1. Install a minimal saucy 64bit environment (lxc container or VM)
2. Add i386 to the list of architectures
$ sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
3. Restore the clone from [1]:
$ sudo apt-clone restore apt-clone_
4. Upgrade:
$ sudo do-release-upgrade -d
ACTUAL RESULT
Upgrade fails with:
Setting up klibc-utils (2.0.3-0ubuntu1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of initramfs-tools:
initramfs-tools depends on udev (>= 147~-5); however:
Package udev is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up libplymouth2:amd64 (0.8.8-0ubuntu15) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of plymouth:
plymouth depends on initramfs-tools; however:
Package initramfs-tools is not configured yet.
plymouth depends on upstart (>= 1.11-0ubuntu3); however:
Package upstart is not configured yet.
plymouth depends on udev (>= 166-0ubuntu4); however:
Package udev is not configured yet.
== Original Description ==
Release upgrade from 13.10 to 14.04 beta 1 failed with this message:
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). Please report this bun in a browser at http://
The update was invoked using kubuntu-
The files from /var/log/
Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | High → Medium |
description: | updated |
tags: | added: rls-t-tracking |
Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
assignee: | Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations) → Brian Murray (brian-murray) |
tags: | added: patch |
Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
assignee: | Brian Murray (brian-murray) → Michael Vogt (mvo) |
Changed in apt (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Saucy): | |
status: | New → Invalid |
Changed in apt (Ubuntu Saucy): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
importance: | Undecided → High |
tags: |
added: verification-done removed: verification-needed |
Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
status: | In Progress → Invalid |
no longer affects: | ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Trusty) |
no longer affects: | ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Saucy) |
no longer affects: | ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) |
Thanks for your report.
From apt-term.log
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of initramfs-tools:
initramfs-tools depends on udev (>= 147~-5); however:
Package udev is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up libplymouth2:amd64 (0.8.8-0ubuntu15) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of plymouth:
plymouth depends on initramfs-tools; however:
Package initramfs-tools is not configured yet.
plymouth depends on upstart (>= 1.11-0ubuntu3); however:
Package upstart is not configured yet.
plymouth depends on udev (>= 166-0ubuntu4); however:
Package udev is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package plymouth (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mountall:
mountall depends on udev; however:
Package udev is not configured yet.
mountall depends on plymouth; however:
Package plymouth is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package mountall (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ifupdown:
ifupdown depends on initscripts (>= 2.88dsf-25); however:
Package initscripts is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package ifupdown (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu2) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
initramfs-tools
plymouth
mountall
ifupdown