[Bug 616479] [NEW] update-initramfs crashes with circular dependency on linux-image update

[YenTheFirst]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: initramfs-tools

On Hardy 8.04

I'm trying to update my linux-image to linux-image-2.6.24-28-generic.
"dpkg configure -a" crashes when I attempt to do so, with the following error:

Setting up linux-image-2.6.24-28-generic (2.6.24-28.73) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-28-generic
eval: 1: array_iscan-data=udev: not found
eval: 1: array_iscan-data=: not found
eval: 1: array_iscan-data=: not found
eval: 1: array_iscan-data=: not found
eval: 1: array_iscan-data=: not found
PANIC: Circular dependancy. Exiting.

additionally, instead of dropping me to any rescue shell, it just hangs
there, and my keyboard no longer works until I reboot.

One interesting thing: there does already exist in /boot the files:
initrd.img-2.6.24-28-generic
initrd.img-2.6.24-28-generic.bak
initrd.img-2.6.24-28-generic.dpkg-bak
initrd.img-2.6.24-28-generic.new

for some reason. They appear to be bootable, but I still can't update
the rest of my system, because dpkg is stuck on linux-
image-2.6.24-28-generic

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

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update-initramfs crashes with circular dependency on linux-image update
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/616479
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