[Bug 1866377] Re: update-initramfs fails on plymouth hook due to missing target dir

[Jose Manuel Santamaria Lema]

Hi,

I'm attaching a debdiff of a possible fix for this, which solves the
problem for me.

If this is not the correct solution I will be glad to test the correct
one :)

PPA build of the proposed fix:
https://launchpad.net/~panfaust/+archive/ubuntu/plymouth

** Patch added: "plymouth_0.9.4git20200109-0ubuntu7~ppa1.debdiff"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/1866377/+attachment/5334404/+files/plymouth_0.9.4git20200109-0ubuntu7~ppa1.debdiff

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Title:
  update-initramfs fails on plymouth hook due to missing target dir

Status in plymouth package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Testing pre-release Ubuntu-MATE 20.04 updated on Fri 6 Mar 2020

  lsb_release -d
  Description:	Ubuntu Focal Fossa (development branch)
  uname -a
  Linux beluga 5.4.0-14-generic #17-Ubuntu SMP Thu Feb 6 22:47:59 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

  update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-14-generic
  cp: cannot create regular file '/var/tmp/mkinitramfs_npYdVL/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/watermark.png': No such file or direct
  ory
  E: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/plymouth failed with return 1.
  update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-14-generic with 1.
  dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
   installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
  Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.30-0ubuntu3) ...
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   initramfs-tools

  [Same error on two different systems]

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