Public bug reported: In 15.10, dracut and initramfs-tools cannot coexist which makes it hard to regenerate the initramfs.
root@builder:/# apt-get install dracut initramfs-tools Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done initramfs-tools is already the newest version. initramfs-tools set to manually installed. Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: dracut : Conflicts: initramfs-tools but 0.120ubuntu6 is to be installed initramfs-tools : Conflicts: linux-initramfs-tool E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. >From https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1109029: "Just in case someone is interested: I've built an ppa that allows installing draucut next to initramfs: https://launchpad.net/~morty/+archive/ubuntu/dracut-release And yes, they do conflict as they both want to build the init.rd. And initramfs-tools wins, because i comes after d. I fixed that using dpkg- divert." ** Affects: dracut (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Package changed: linux (Ubuntu) => dracut (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1548558 Title: Unable to install dracut and initramfs-tools together Status in dracut package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: In 15.10, dracut and initramfs-tools cannot coexist which makes it hard to regenerate the initramfs. root@builder:/# apt-get install dracut initramfs-tools Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done initramfs-tools is already the newest version. initramfs-tools set to manually installed. Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: dracut : Conflicts: initramfs-tools but 0.120ubuntu6 is to be installed initramfs-tools : Conflicts: linux-initramfs-tool E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. From https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1109029: "Just in case someone is interested: I've built an ppa that allows installing draucut next to initramfs: https://launchpad.net/~morty/+archive/ubuntu/dracut-release And yes, they do conflict as they both want to build the init.rd. And initramfs-tools wins, because i comes after d. I fixed that using dpkg-divert." To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dracut/+bug/1548558/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
