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** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => 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/1226472 Title: update-initramfs -u hangs; update-initramfs -u -v works Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Hi there, For reasons totally unknown to me, `update-initramfs` (Version: 0.103ubuntu0.2) fails to update my kernel and just hangs indefinitely with [sudo] `update-initramfs -u`. However, `update-initramfs -u -v` completes successfully: $ sudo update-initramfs -u update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-40-generic ^C $ sudo update-initramfs -u -v Available versions: 3.5.0-40-generic 3.5.0-17-generic Keeping /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-40-generic.dpkg-bak update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-40-generic /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/framebuffer~ ignored: not alphanumeric or '_' file Adding module /lib/modules/3.5.0-40-generic/kernel/drivers/ata/libahci.ko Adding module /lib/modules/3.5.0-40-generic/kernel/drivers/ata/ahci.ko Adding module /lib/modules/3.5.0-40-generic/kernel/drivers/mmc/card/mmc_block.ko Adding binary /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume Adding binary /usr/lib/initramfs-tools/bin/wait-for-root Adding library /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.0 Adding library /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 Adding library /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 Adding library /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 Adding library /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 Adding binary /sbin/modprobe Adding binary /sbin/rmmod Adding binary /sbin/blkid Adding library /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libblkid.so.1 Adding library /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libuuid.so.1 tsort: -: input contains an odd number of tokens Building cpio /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-40-generic.new initramfs Removing current backup /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-40-generic.dpkg-bak $ I'm using Linux Mint (14), an Ubuntu fork, and I obviously expect the tool to work when it is not being verbose as well! To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1226472/+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