There was some discussion regarding this particular bug in #ubuntu- release on 20190620 - https://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2019/06/20/%23ubuntu- release.html. I will not summarize the conversation here but only capture what I understand the bug in initramfs-tools to be.
update-initramfs no longer uses what is in /var/lib/initramfs-tools as a source of knowledge about kernel versions so using "-k all" will not bring a deleted initrd. This behavior does not match the documentation and is a regression. Some choice quotes follow: "[20:52] <infinity> That appears to completely ignore STATEDIR now. [20:59] <infinity> Anyhow, the behaviour change above is that it switched from checking STATEDIR to stating the initrd. [20:59] <infinity> So, instead of "statedir knows what we've done in the past", we have "in you have no initrd, you can't have a new one either". [20:59] <infinity> s/in you/if you/ [21:02] <infinity> https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/initramfs-tools/commit/f39625afd6ba6c1aa2027286dc3ef1c933da14e0 [21:03] <infinity> vorlon: That would be the offending commit. I think the obvious way to get both old and new behaviour combined would just be to add the statedir bit to the list (and sort -u the mess)." ** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Triaged ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #926401 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=926401 ** Also affects: initramfs-tools (Debian) via https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=926401 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1829805 Title: Lubuntu Eoan Daily Image fails to boot after install on KVM To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/calamares-settings-ubuntu/+bug/1829805/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
