I can reproduce this on my 18.04 laptop with zfs on root.
kdump-tools.postinst ends up calling /etc/kernel/postinst.d/kdump-tools 4.15.0-23-generic, which fails at this mkinitramfs line:
mkinitramfs -d /var/lib/kdump/initramfs-tools -o /var/lib/kdump/initrd.img-4.15.0-23-generic.new 4.15.0-23-generic
mkinitramfs: failed to determine device for /
I can reproduce this on my 18.04 laptop with zfs on root.
kdump-tools. postinst ends up calling /etc/kernel/ postinst. d/kdump- tools 4.15.0-23-generic, which fails at this mkinitramfs line: kdump/initramfs -tools -o /var/lib/ kdump/initrd. img-4.15. 0-23-generic. new 4.15.0-23-generic
mkinitramfs -d /var/lib/
mkinitramfs: failed to determine device for /