[Bug 1286161] Re: 13.10 -> 14.04 upgrade failed: initramfs failed to ugprade, udev is not configured yet

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement]

I reproduced this issue with the apt-clone from the OP.

@Brian, you have to enable multi-arch with "dpkg --add-architecture
i386" before restoring the clone, otherwise some packages are not
installable.

** Changed in: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Medium => High

** Also affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Trusty)
   Importance: High
       Status: Confirmed

** Changed in: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Trusty)
    Milestone: None => ubuntu-14.04

** Changed in: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Trusty)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations)

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Title:
  13.10 -> 14.04 upgrade failed: initramfs failed to ugprade, udev is
  not configured yet

Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” source package in Trusty:
  Confirmed

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_system_state.tar.gz
  4. Upgrade:
    $ sudo do-release-upgrade -d

  [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-
  upgrader/+bug/1286161/+attachment/4000804/+files/dist-upgrade.tar.gz

  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://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrade/+filebug and attach the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade/ to the bug report. installArchives() failed.

  The update was invoked using kubuntu-devel-release-upgrade.

  The files from /var/log/dist-upgrade are attached in the enclosed tar
  archive. It looks like that dierctory contains some old log files too,
  but I've included them just in case they're also relevant.

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