[Bug 1766727] Re: initramfs-tools exception during pm.DoInstall with do-release-upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04

[Dimitri John Ledkov]

I thought this was mentioned today and/or was being worked on. To check
with adam.

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

** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Description changed:

  Upgrading from 16.04 to 18.04 using 'do-release-upgrade -d' results in:
  
  Errors were encountered while processing:
-  initramfs-tools
+  initramfs-tools
  Exception during pm.DoInstall():  E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
  
  Could not install the upgrades
  
- The upgrade has aborted. Your system could be in an unusable state. A 
+ The upgrade has aborted. Your system could be in an unusable state. A
  recovery will run now (dpkg --configure -a).
+ 
+ ---
+ 
+ Processing triggers for systemd (237-3ubuntu10) ...
+ Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.130ubuntu3) ...
+ update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-121-generic
+ Using config file '/etc/zipl.conf'
+ Error: Ramdisk file '/boot/initrd.img' in section 'ubuntu': No such file or directory
+ run-parts: /etc/initramfs/post-update.d//zz-zipl exited with return code 1
+ dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
+  installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
+ Processing triggers for ca-certificates (20180409) ...
+ Updating certificates in /etc/ssl/certs...
+ 0 added, 0 removed; done.
+ Running hooks in /etc/ca-certificates/update.d...
+ done.
+ Processing triggers for dictionaries-common (1.27.2) ...
+ Processing triggers for linux-image-4.15.0-19-generic (4.15.0-19.20) ...
+ /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools:
+ update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-19-generic
+ Using config file '/etc/zipl.conf'
+ Building bootmap in '/boot'
+ Building menu 'menu'
+ Adding #1: IPL section 'ubuntu' (default)
+ Adding #2: IPL section 'old'
+ Preparing boot device: dasdb (0104).
+ Done.
+ /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-zipl:
+ Using config file '/etc/zipl.conf'
+ Building bootmap in '/boot'
+ Building menu 'menu'
+ Adding #1: IPL section 'ubuntu' (default)
+ Adding #2: IPL section 'old'
+ Preparing boot device: dasdb (0104).
+ Done.
+ Processing triggers for sgml-base (1.29) ...
+ Processing triggers for resolvconf (1.79ubuntu10) ...
+ Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-20) ...
+ Errors were encountered while processing:
+  initramfs-tools
+ Log ended: 2018-04-24  13:12:40

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Title:
  initramfs-tools exception during pm.DoInstall with  do-release-upgrade
  from 16.04 to 18.04

Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete
Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Upgrading from 16.04 to 18.04 using 'do-release-upgrade -d' results
  in:

  Errors were encountered while processing:
   initramfs-tools
  Exception during pm.DoInstall():  E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  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).

  ---

  Processing triggers for systemd (237-3ubuntu10) ...
  Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.130ubuntu3) ...
  update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-121-generic
  Using config file '/etc/zipl.conf'
  Error: Ramdisk file '/boot/initrd.img' in section 'ubuntu': No such file or directory
  run-parts: /etc/initramfs/post-update.d//zz-zipl exited with return code 1
  dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
   installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
  Processing triggers for ca-certificates (20180409) ...
  Updating certificates in /etc/ssl/certs...
  0 added, 0 removed; done.
  Running hooks in /etc/ca-certificates/update.d...
  done.
  Processing triggers for dictionaries-common (1.27.2) ...
  Processing triggers for linux-image-4.15.0-19-generic (4.15.0-19.20) ...
  /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools:
  update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-19-generic
  Using config file '/etc/zipl.conf'
  Building bootmap in '/boot'
  Building menu 'menu'
  Adding #1: IPL section 'ubuntu' (default)
  Adding #2: IPL section 'old'
  Preparing boot device: dasdb (0104).
  Done.
  /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-zipl:
  Using config file '/etc/zipl.conf'
  Building bootmap in '/boot'
  Building menu 'menu'
  Adding #1: IPL section 'ubuntu' (default)
  Adding #2: IPL section 'old'
  Preparing boot device: dasdb (0104).
  Done.
  Processing triggers for sgml-base (1.29) ...
  Processing triggers for resolvconf (1.79ubuntu10) ...
  Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-20) ...
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   initramfs-tools
  Log ended: 2018-04-24  13:12:40

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