[Bug 1226472] [NEW] update-initramfs -u hangs; update-initramfs -u -v works

[Jack Miller]

Public bug reported:

Hi there,

For reasons totally unknown to me, `update-initramfs` (Version:
0.103ubuntu0.2) fails to update my kernel and just hangs indefinitely
with [sudo] `update-initramfs -u`. However, `update-initramfs -u -v`
completes successfully:

$ sudo update-initramfs -u
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-40-generic
^C
$ sudo update-initramfs -u -v
Available versions:  3.5.0-40-generic 3.5.0-17-generic
Keeping /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-40-generic.dpkg-bak
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-40-generic
/usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/framebuffer~ ignored: not alphanumeric or '_' file
Adding module /lib/modules/3.5.0-40-generic/kernel/drivers/ata/libahci.ko
Adding module /lib/modules/3.5.0-40-generic/kernel/drivers/ata/ahci.ko
Adding module /lib/modules/3.5.0-40-generic/kernel/drivers/mmc/card/mmc_block.ko
Adding binary /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume
Adding binary /usr/lib/initramfs-tools/bin/wait-for-root
Adding library /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.0
Adding library /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
Adding library /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1
Adding library /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
Adding library /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0
Adding binary /sbin/modprobe
Adding binary /sbin/rmmod
Adding binary /sbin/blkid
Adding library /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libblkid.so.1
Adding library /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libuuid.so.1
tsort: -: input contains an odd number of tokens
Building cpio /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-40-generic.new initramfs
Removing current backup /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-40-generic.dpkg-bak
$

I'm using Linux Mint (14), an Ubuntu fork, and I obviously expect the
tool to work when it is not being verbose as well!

** Affects: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  update-initramfs -u hangs; update-initramfs -u -v works

Status in “initramfs-tools” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Hi there,

  For reasons totally unknown to me, `update-initramfs` (Version:
  0.103ubuntu0.2) fails to update my kernel and just hangs indefinitely
  with [sudo] `update-initramfs -u`. However, `update-initramfs -u -v`
  completes successfully:

  $ sudo update-initramfs -u
  update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-40-generic
  ^C
  $ sudo update-initramfs -u -v
  Available versions:  3.5.0-40-generic 3.5.0-17-generic
  Keeping /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-40-generic.dpkg-bak
  update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-40-generic
  /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/framebuffer~ ignored: not alphanumeric or '_' file
  Adding module /lib/modules/3.5.0-40-generic/kernel/drivers/ata/libahci.ko
  Adding module /lib/modules/3.5.0-40-generic/kernel/drivers/ata/ahci.ko
  Adding module /lib/modules/3.5.0-40-generic/kernel/drivers/mmc/card/mmc_block.ko
  Adding binary /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume
  Adding binary /usr/lib/initramfs-tools/bin/wait-for-root
  Adding library /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.0
  Adding library /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
  Adding library /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1
  Adding library /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
  Adding library /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0
  Adding binary /sbin/modprobe
  Adding binary /sbin/rmmod
  Adding binary /sbin/blkid
  Adding library /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libblkid.so.1
  Adding library /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libuuid.so.1
  tsort: -: input contains an odd number of tokens
  Building cpio /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-40-generic.new initramfs
  Removing current backup /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-40-generic.dpkg-bak
  $

  I'm using Linux Mint (14), an Ubuntu fork, and I obviously expect the
  tool to work when it is not being verbose as well!

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