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

[Brian Murray]

Strangely looking at main.log it shows the wrong version of apt being
used but installed packages in the apt-clone file shows the correct
version.  Testing what the release upgrader uses exhibits the same
behaviour.

Setting up apt (0.9.9.1~ubuntu3.1) ...
gpg: key 437D05B5: "Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <ftpmaster at ubuntu.com>" not changed
gpg: key FBB75451: "Ubuntu CD Image Automatic Signing Key <cdimage at ubuntu.com>" not changed
gpg: key C0B21F32: "Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key (2012) <ftpmaster at ubuntu.com>" not changed
gpg: key EFE21092: "Ubuntu CD Image Automatic Signing Key (2012) <cdimage at ubuntu.com>" not changed
gpg: Total number processed: 4
gpg:              unchanged: 4
(saucy-amd64)root at impulse:/home/bdmurray# python -c 'import apt; print apt.apt_pkg.VERSION'
0.9.9.1~ubuntu1

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

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in “apt” source package in Saucy:
  Fix Committed
Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” source package in Saucy:
  Invalid
Status in “apt” source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” source package in Trusty:
  In Progress

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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