[Bug 984276] [NEW] installing casper on a non live system causes update-initramfs to fail

[Brian Murray]

Public bug reported:

In the event that someone decides to install casper on their Ubuntu
system, which a lot of people apparently do decide to do, then they will
be unable to use update-initramfs which will cause package installation
failures for initramfs-tools.

Workaround:
Uninstall the casper package

** Affects: casper (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed


** Tags: precise

** Tags added: precise

** Description changed:

  In the event that someone decides to install casper on their Ubuntu
  system, which a lot of people apparently do decide to do, then they will
  be unable to use update-initramfs which will cause package installation
  failures for initramfs-tools.
+ 
+ Workaround:
+ Uninstall the casper package

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Title:
  installing casper on a non live system causes update-initramfs to fail

Status in “casper” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  In the event that someone decides to install casper on their Ubuntu
  system, which a lot of people apparently do decide to do, then they
  will be unable to use update-initramfs which will cause package
  installation failures for initramfs-tools.

  Workaround:
  Uninstall the casper package

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