[Bug 1860741] Re: package initramfs-tools 0.122ubuntu8.16 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127

[Benjamin Drung]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
Ubuntu better.

Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) reached end-of-standard-support on May 31, 2023.

See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested
in discussing it anymore. But if you are then please upgrade to the
latest Ubuntu version and re-test. If you then find the bug is still
present in the newer Ubuntu version, please add a comment here telling
us which new version it is in.

** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to initramfs-tools in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1860741

Title:
  package initramfs-tools 0.122ubuntu8.16 failed to install/upgrade:
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
  status 127

Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  This problem occurred trying to upgrade the ubuntu from 16.04 to 18.04

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: initramfs-tools 0.122ubuntu8.16
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-74.83~16.04.1-generic 4.15.18
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-74-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.21
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Jan 23 23:42:23 2020
  DuplicateSignature:
   package:initramfs-tools:0.122ubuntu8.16
   Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8.16) ...
   /usr/sbin/update-initramfs: 222: /usr/sbin/update-initramfs: awk: not found
   dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--unpack):
    subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-07-25 (182 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20190227)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.6
   apt  1.2.32
  SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
  Title: package initramfs-tools 0.122ubuntu8.16 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2020-01-23 (0 days ago)

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1860741/+subscriptions