Public bug reported: My /boot partition filled up so when I (or unattended upgrades) next attempted to install a kernel, it failed. On failure, mkinitramfs leaves a temporary directory in /var/tmp.
If you (or unattended upgrades) do this enough times, you can end up with substantial, non-obvious disk usage. (I believe that this is fixed in Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi- bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=814345) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: initramfs-tools 0.122ubuntu8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-28.47-generic 4.4.13 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-28-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Jun 30 09:12:45 2016 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-30 (700 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.3) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: initramfs-tools UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-03-07 (114 days ago) ** Affects: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: initramfs-tools (Debian) Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #814345 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=814345 ** Also affects: initramfs-tools (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=814345 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/1597661 Title: When /boot is full, repeated mkinitramfs runs can fill up / To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1597661/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
