[Bug 984688] Re: initramfs-tools depends on initramfs-tools-bin (<< 0.99ubuntu11.1~)

[Andy Barnes]

I have this problem on a ubuntu 12.04.4 server.

Sadly the links provided by Chris are no longer available on the URL
specified above. Please could you confirm if there is an alternative
workaround?

Disk space was full (now cleared) and currently getting:

# apt-get update; apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
 initramfs-tools : Depends: initramfs-tools-bin (< 0.99ubuntu13.1~) bbut 0.99ubuntu13.5 is installed 

# apt-get -f -y install
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  initramfs-tools
The following packages will be upgraded:
  initramfs-tools
1 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 21 not to upgrade.
29 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/49.0 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,024 B of additional disk space will be used.
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of initramfs-tools:
 initramfs-tools depends on initramfs-tools-bin (<< 0.99ubuntu13.1~); however:
  Version of initramfs-tools-bin on system is 0.99ubuntu13.5.
dpkg: error processing initramfs-tools (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of udev:
 udev depends on initramfs-tools (>= 0.92bubuntu63); however:
  Package initramfs-tools is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing udev (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mountall:
 mountall depends on udev; however:
  Package udev is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing mountall (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of upstart:
 upstart depends on mountall; however:
  Package mountall is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing upstart (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of plymouth:
 plymouth depends on upstart-job; however:
  Package upstart-job is not installed.
  Package upstart which provides upstart-job is not configured yet.
 plymouth depends on udev (>= 166-0ubuntu4); however:
  Package udev is not configured yet.
 plymouth depends on mountall (>= 2.0); however:
  Package mountall is not configured yet.
 plymouth depends on initramfs-tools; however:
  Package initramfs-tools is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing plymouth (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dmsetup:
 dmsetup depends on initramfs-tools; however:
  Package initramfs-tools is not configured yet.
 dmsetup depends on udev (>> 141-2); however:
  Package udev is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing dmsetup (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apparmor:
 apparmor depends on initramfs-tools; however:
  Package initramfs-tools is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing apparmor (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dbus:
 dbus depends on upstart-job; however:
  Package upstart-job is not installed.
  Package upstart which provides upstart-job is not configured yet.
 dbus depends on upstart (>= 0.6.3-6); however:
  Package upstart is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing dbus (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of accountsservice:
 accountsservice depends on dbus; however:
  Package dbus is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing accountsservice (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of language-selector-common:
 language-selector-common depends on dbus; however:
  Package dbus is not configured yet.
 language-selector-common depends on accountsservice (>= 0.6.15-2ubuntu9.5); however:
  Package accountsservice is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing language-selector-common (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-3.2.0-60-generic:
 linux-image-3.2.0-60-generic depends on initramfs-tools (>= 0.36ubuntu6); however:
  Package initramfs-tools is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-3.2.0-60-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of whoopsie:
 whoopsie depends on upstart-job; however:
  Package upstart-job is not installed.
  Package upstart which provides upstart-job is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing whoopsie (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of rsyslog:
 rsyslog depends on upstart-job; however:
  Package upstart-job is not installed.
  Package upstart which provides upstart-job is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing rsyslog (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-minimal:
 ubuntu-minimal depends on initramfs-tools; however:
  Package initramfs-tools is not configured yet.
 ubuntu-minimal depends on rsyslog; however:
  Package rsyslog is not configured yet.
 ubuntu-minimal depends on udev; however:
  Package udev is not configured yet.
 ubuntu-minimal depends on upstart; however:
  Package upstart is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ubuntu-minimal (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text:
 plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text depends on plymouth; however:
  Package plymouth is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-standard:
 ubuntu-standard depends on language-selector-common; however:
  Package language-selector-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ubuntu-standard (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apport:
 apport depends on upstart-job; however:
  Package upstart-job is not installed.
  Package upstart which provides upstart-job is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing apport (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of lvm2:
 lvm2 depends on dmsetup (>> 2:1.02.47); however:
  Package dmsetup is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing lvm2 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-server:
 linux-image-server depends on linux-image-3.2.0-60-generic; however:
  Package linux-image-3.2.0-60-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-server (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-server:
 linux-server depends on linux-image-server (= 3.2.0.60.71); however:
  Package linux-image-server is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-server (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of openssh-server:
 openssh-server depends on upstart-job; however:
  Package upstart-job is not installed.
  Package upstart which provides upstart-job is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing openssh-server (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ifupdown:
 ifupdown depends on upstart-job; however:
  Package upstart-job is not installed.
  Package upstart which provides upstart-job is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ifupdown (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of procps:
 procps depends on upstart-job; however:
  Package upstart-job is not installed.
  Package upstart which provides upstart-job is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing procps (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libdevmapper1.02.1:
 libdevmapper1.02.1 depends on dmsetup (>= 2:1.02.48-4ubuntu7.4); however:
  Package dmsetup is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libdevmapper1.02.1 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libdevmapper-event1.02.1:
 libdevmapper-event1.02.1 depends on libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.36); however:
  Package libdevmapper1.02.1 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libdevmapper-event1.02.1 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of grub-common:
 grub-common depends on libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.36); however:
  Package libdevmapper1.02.1 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing grub-common (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of grub2-common:
 grub2-common depends on grub-common (= 1.99-21ubuntu3.14); however:
  Package grub-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing grub2-common (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of grub-pc-bin:
 grub-pc-bin depends on libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.36); however:
  Package libdevmapper1.02.1 is not configured yet.
 grub-pc-bin depends on grub-common (= 1.99-21ubuntu3.14); however:
  Package grub-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing grub-pc-bin (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of grub-pc:
 grub-pc depends on grub-common; however:
  Package grub-common is not configured yet.
 grub-pc depends on grub2-common (= 1.99-21ubuntu3.14); however:
  Package grub2-common is not configured yet.
 grub-pc depends on grub-pc-bin (= 1.99-21ubuntu3.14); however:
  Package grub-pc-bin is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing grub-pc (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 initramfs-tools
 udev
 mountall
 upstart
 plymouth
 dmsetup
 apparmor
 dbus
 accountsservice
 language-selector-common
 linux-image-3.2.0-60-generic
 whoopsie
 rsyslog
 ubuntu-minimal
 plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text
 ubuntu-standard
 apport
 lvm2
 linux-image-server
 linux-server
 openssh-server
 ifupdown
 procps
 libdevmapper1.02.1
 libdevmapper-event1.02.1
 grub-common
 grub2-common
 grub-pc-bin
 grub-pc
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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Title:
  initramfs-tools depends on initramfs-tools-bin (<< 0.99ubuntu11.1~)

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

Bug description:
  Hey,

  Description:	Ubuntu precise (development branch)
  Release:	12.04

  initramfs-tools:
    Installed: 0.99ubuntu11
    Candidate: 0.99ubuntu13
    Version table:
       0.99ubuntu13 0
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages
   *** 0.99ubuntu11 0
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  initramfs-tools-bin:
    Installed: 0.99ubuntu13
    Candidate: 0.99ubuntu13
    Version table:
   *** 0.99ubuntu13 0
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  This occured during a 'sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade':

  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
  The following packages have unmet dependencies:
   initramfs-tools : Depends: initramfs-tools-bin (< 0.99ubuntu11.1~) but 0.99ubuntu13 is installed
  E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.

  Further the 'sudo apt-get -f install':

  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  Correcting dependencies... Done
  The following extra packages will be installed:
    initramfs-tools
  The following packages will be upgraded:
    initramfs-tools
  1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 469 not upgraded.
  10 not fully installed or removed.
  Need to get 0 B/49.2 kB of archives.
  After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
  Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of initramfs-tools:
   initramfs-tools depends on initramfs-tools-bin (<< 0.99ubuntu11.1~); however:
    Version of initramfs-tools-bin on system is 0.99ubuntu13.
  dpkg: error processing initramfs-tools (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                            dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of plymouth:
   plymouth depends on initramfs-tools; however:
    Package initramfs-tools is not configured yet.
  dpkg: error processing plymouth (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mountall:
   mountall depends on plymouth; however:
    Package plymouth is not configured yet.
  dpkg: error processing mountall (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of initscripts:
   initscripts depends on mountall (>= 2.28); however:
    Package mountall is not configured yet.
  dpkg: error processing initscripts (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of upstart:
   upstart depends on initscripts; however:
    Package initscripts is not configured yet.
   upstart depends on mountall; however:
    Package mountall is not configured yet.
  dpkg: error processing upstart (--configuNo apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                                                     No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
               No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                                             No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                           re):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of util-linux:
   util-linux depends on upstart-job; however:
    Package upstart-job is not installed.
    Package upstart which provides upstart-job is not configured yet.
  dpkg: error processing util-linux (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kbd:
   kbd depends on initramfs-tools; however:
    Package initramfs-tools is not configured yet.
  dpkg: error processing kbd (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfiguredNo apport report written because MaxReports is reached already

  No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                                dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of cron:
   cron depends on upstart-job; however:
    Package upstart-job is not installed.
    Package upstart which provides upstart-job is not configured yet.
  dpkg: error processing cron (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                                dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of brltty:
   brltty depends on initramfs-tools (>= 0.40ubuntu30); however:
    Package initramfs-tools is not configured yet.
  dpkg: error processing brltty (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                                dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of plymouth-label:
   plymouth-label depends on plymouth (= 0.8.2-2ubuntu30); however:
    Package plymouth is not configured yet.
  dpkg: error processing plymouth-label (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                                Errors were encountered while processing:
   initramfs-tools
   plymouth
   mountall
   initscripts
   upstart
   util-linux
   kbd
   cron
   brltty
   plymouth-label
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  A try of 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' prints the same error.

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