This problem also still exists with much newer kernels, for me with
4.15.0-12 on Ubuntu 18.04 (alpha)
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diff -uN /var/lib/dpkg/info/initramfs-tools.postinst~
/var/lib/dpkg/info/initramfs-tools.postinst
--- /var/lib/dpkg/info/initramfs-tools.postinst~ 2018-02-20
22:34:46.000000000 +0100
+++ /var/lib/dpkg/info/initramfs-tools.postinst 2018-03-22 13:08:09.989213260
+0100
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@
# Regenerate initramfs whenever we go to dpkg state `installed'
if [ "x$1" != xtriggered ]; then
# this activates the trigger, if triggers are working
- update-initramfs -u
+ update-initramfs -u -v
else
# force it to actually happen
- DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_PACKAGE='' update-initramfs -u
+ DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_PACKAGE='' update-initramfs -u -v
fi
# Automatically added by dh_installdeb/11.1.4ubuntu1
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diff -uN /usr/sbin/update-initramfs~ /usr/sbin/update-initramfs
--- /usr/sbin/update-initramfs~ 2018-01-05 13:15:45.000000000 +0100
+++ /usr/sbin/update-initramfs 2018-03-22 13:11:34.440124524 +0100
@@ -158,7 +158,9 @@
mv -f "${initramfs}.new" "${initramfs}"
set_sha1
# Guard against an unclean shutdown
- sync
+ # The sync never returns and seems to deadlock for some reason
+ # so comment it out for the time beeing
+ #sync
else
mkinitramfs_return="$?"
remove_initramfs_bak
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Also take sync out of commission in order to allow for a clean shutdown
(important: re-enable after the reboot!). Also give the system enough time to
sync all its buffers on its own before restarting.
cd /bin
mv sync sync.real
cp ls sync
This helped me before and now I have the deadlocked sync issue again.
root@charion:~# ps auxwww | grep sync
systemd+ 1949 0.0 0.0 146076 3364 ? Ssl 11:56 0:00
/lib/systemd/systemd-timesyncd
root 19420 0.0 0.0 7796 780 pts/7 D+ 12:03 0:00 sync
root 22919 0.0 0.0 14756 1120 pts/2 S+ 13:20 0:00 grep
--color=auto sync
So I'll try to restart and try to run the
update-initramfs -u -v manually with these changes and then try to finish the
apt-get upgrade
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