This bug was fixed in the package initramfs-tools - 0.142ubuntu18
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initramfs-tools (0.142ubuntu18) noble; urgency=medium
* Let initramfs-tools-core depend on e2fsprogs because fixrtc hook uses
/sbin/dumpe2fs (LP: #1831747)
-- Benjamin Drung <bdr...@ubuntu.com> Fri, 08 Dec 2023 00:15:22 +0100
** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu Noble)
Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1831747
Title:
fixrtc hook requires e2fsprogs package, but that is not a dependency
Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in initramfs-tools source package in Noble:
Fix Released
Bug description:
Package "initramfs-tools-core" provides "/usr/share/initramfs-
tools/hooks/fixrtc" which runs during the update or regeneration of
the initramfs and requires the file "/sbin/dumpe2fs" (available from
"e2fsprogs") to be present, otherwise it fails and aborts the whole
process, leading e.g. to an inconsistent package system.
The problem/cause seems to be that "initramfs-tools-core" package has
no direct or indirect hard dependency on "e2fsprogs".
I believe either the package dependency should be added, or the fixrtc
hook script should be rewritten so that it just outputs a warning
instead of aborting with a failure if missing "dumpe2fs" is not a
critical problem.
This issue seems to affect at least Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04. It has
been brought to my attention at https://askubuntu.com/q/1148791/367990
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