Public bug reported:
I mistyped the kernel version when running update-initramfs e.g.:
sudo update-initramfs -u -k 4.1.3.0-11-generic
[sudo] password for bdmurray:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.1.3.0-11-generic
WARNING: missing /lib/modules/4.1.3.0-11-generic
Ensure all necessary drivers are built into the linux image!
depmod: ERROR: could not open directory /lib/modules/4.1.3.0-11-generic: No
such file or directory
depmod: FATAL: could not search modules: No such file or directory
depmod: WARNING: could not open
/var/tmp/mkinitramfs_MQwUHq/lib/modules/4.1.3.0-11-generic/modules.order: No
such file or directory
depmod: WARNING: could not open
/var/tmp/mkinitramfs_MQwUHq/lib/modules/4.1.3.0-11-generic/modules.builtin: No
such file or directory
I now have a bad(?) initrd in my /boot partition:
ls -lh /boot
...
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8.8M Oct 5 15:10 initrd.img-4.1.3.0-11-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32M Oct 4 14:46 initrd.img-4.13.0-11-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32M Oct 4 14:49 initrd.img-4.13.0-12-generic
...
And that version number was written to /var/lib/initramfs-tools/, so
every time update-initramfs is run that bad(?) initrd will be recreated.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: initramfs-tools 0.125ubuntu11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-12.13-generic 4.13.3
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Thu Oct 5 15:14:04 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-22 (622 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160117)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
Importance: Medium
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful wayland-session
** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
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