Re: Bug#992502: initramfs-tools: upgrade buster/bullseye fails; wrong path in /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/growroot for udevadm
Control: reassign -1 cloud-initramfs-growroot 0.18.debian8
On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 02:24:36PM +0200, Josef Dean Butler wrote:
> Package: initramfs-tools
> Version: 0.140
> Severity: important
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***
>
> * What led up to the situation?
> During the upgrade from buster to bullseye dpkg failed to init the RAM fs. dpkg --configure -a always led to the same output:
> Selecting previously unselected package linux-image-5.10.0-8-amd64.
> (Reading database ... 51840 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to unpack .../linux-image-5.10.0-8-amd64_5.10.46-4_amd64.deb ...
> Unpacking linux-image-5.10.0-8-amd64 (5.10.46-4) ...
> Selecting previously unselected package linux-image-amd64.
> Preparing to unpack .../linux-image-amd64_5.10.46-4_amd64.deb ...
> Unpacking linux-image-amd64 (5.10.46-4) ...
> Setting up linux-image-5.10.0-8-amd64 (5.10.46-4) ...
> I: /vmlinuz.old is now a symlink to boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-8-amd64
> I: /initrd.img.old is now a symlink to boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-8-amd64
> I: /vmlinuz is now a symlink to boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-8-amd64
> I: /initrd.img is now a symlink to boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-8-amd64
> /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools:
> update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-8-amd64
> E: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/growroot failed with return 1.
> update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-8-amd64 with 1.
> run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
> dpkg: error processing package linux-image-5.10.0-8-amd64 (--configure):
> installed linux-image-5.10.0-8-amd64 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-amd64:
> linux-image-amd64 depends on linux-image-5.10.0-8-amd64 (= 5.10.46-4); however:
> Package linux-image-5.10.0-8-amd64 is not configured yet.
>
> * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
> ineffective)?
>
> Since the kernel panicked during reboot I had to boot an emergency environment. I mounted my drives and chrooted into them. I checked, if enough space was available on the SSD. I tried to re-install initramfs-tools and the kernel. None helped. A friend discovered that the path for udevadm was wrong in /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/growroot
> . We changed it from /sbin/udevadm to /bin/udevadm and then dpkg --configure -a worked wirhout errors and the new kernel was installed. A reboot brought back the system to live.
>
> * What was the outcome of this action?
> Changing the path for udevadm solved the issue completely. dpkg --configure -a worked again and I could boot just fine.
The hook is shipped by the cloud-initramfs-growroot package, so
reassigning there.
Regards,
Salvatore
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