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initramfs-tools package

package initramfs-tools 0.92bubuntu68 failed to install/upgrade:

Bug #542935 reported by Lazy
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: initramfs-tools

Upgrading to Lucid failed, because old kernels filled the space on /boot partition (only 200MB partition).

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Mar 20 21:49:44 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
ErrorMessage:
 ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: initramfs-tools 0.92bubuntu68
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package initramfs-tools 0.92bubuntu68 failed to install/upgrade:
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic x86_64

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lp:kicad/4.0
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Lazy (ubuntu-bugs-oittaa) wrote :
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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

Thanks for your report

I'm closing it because the error was due to "gzip: stdout: No space left on device" . This is not a bug with Ubuntu.
Don't hesitate to submit any new bug.

Changed in initramfs-tools (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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Lazy (ubuntu-bugs-oittaa) wrote :

How it is not a bug with Ubuntu when the upgrade process should make sure there is enough space left?

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

Yes, it is a known issue and already filed against update-manager and other packager manager.

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