[Bug 1713004] Re: Temporary files left under /var/tmp by mkinitramfs

[Chris J Arges]

Hello Thomas, or anyone else affected,

Accepted initramfs-tools into xenial-proposed. The package will build
now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-
tools/0.122ubuntu8.10 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed
repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how
to enable and use -proposed.Your feedback will aid us getting this
update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from
verification-needed-xenial to verification-done-xenial. If it does not
fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the
tag to verification-failed-xenial. In either case, details of your
testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification .  Thank you in
advance!

** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu Xenial)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Committed

** Tags added: verification-needed verification-needed-xenial

** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu Trusty)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Committed

** Tags added: verification-needed-trusty

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Title:
  Temporary files left under /var/tmp by mkinitramfs

Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in initramfs-tools source package in Trusty:
  Fix Committed
Status in initramfs-tools source package in Xenial:
  Fix Committed
Status in initramfs-tools package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  I recently ran out of disk space on my / mount.  While looking for
  what consumed the disk I noticed a large number (130) of directories
  with names / paths beginning /var/tmp/mkinitramfs.  These directories
  seem to be either ~103 MB or ~927 MB in size.  Many of these files are
  months old, some are almost a year.

  Having had a quick look about for an explanation as to why these files
  are here and found Debian Bug #814345.  That explains that temporary
  files are left behind by the initramfs-tools if something fails in the
  process.  If this is the cause of my files then updating the Ubuntu
  package to version 0.123 should resolve this issue.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: initramfs-tools 0.122ubuntu8.8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-72.93-generic 4.4.49
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-72-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Fri Aug 25 09:40:41 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-03-12 (896 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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