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Ubuntu 10.10 (maverick) reached end-of-life on April 10, 2012. See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it anymore. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. If you then find the bug is still present in the newer Ubuntu version, please add a comment here telling us which new version it is in. ** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to initramfs-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/600903 Title: dpkg, apt-get, and update manager (partial upgrade) lock up when updating initramfs-tools Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: i was installing updates on my ubuntu 10.10 tower (i686), and it always locks when updating initramfs-tools. it is creating some boot file (i do not know off the top of my head, i will post it as soon as i know what it is) when it locks. i tried apt-get, it made me run dpkg --configure -a to resume-installation, no surprise, but that locked too. using update manager, of course, made me do a partial upgrade, but again, locked at the exact same point. now i am stuck with a computer that is incapable of installing software or updates... To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/600903/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
