Bug#881314: lvm2 upgrade causes boot failure

[Ben Caradoc-Davies]

Bastian,

installation of 2.02.176-3 (etc) *fails* in 
/usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/lvm2. Installed debs hot off incoming:

dmeventd_1.02.145-3_amd64.deb
dmsetup_1.02.145-3_amd64.deb
libdevmapper-event1.02.1_1.02.145-3_amd64.deb
libdevmapper1.02.1_1.02.145-3_amd64.deb
liblvm2app2.2_2.02.176-3_amd64.deb
liblvm2cmd2.02_2.02.176-3_amd64.deb
lvm2_2.02.176-3_amd64.deb

dpkg -i output:

(Reading database ... 159531 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../dmeventd_1.02.145-3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking dmeventd (2:1.02.145-3) over (2:1.02.145-1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../dmsetup_1.02.145-3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking dmsetup (2:1.02.145-3) over (2:1.02.145-1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../libdevmapper-event1.02.1_1.02.145-3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libdevmapper-event1.02.1:amd64 (2:1.02.145-3) over 
(2:1.02.145-1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../libdevmapper1.02.1_1.02.145-3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libdevmapper1.02.1:amd64 (2:1.02.145-3) over (2:1.02.145-1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../liblvm2app2.2_2.02.176-3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking liblvm2app2.2:amd64 (2.02.176-3) over (2.02.176-1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../liblvm2cmd2.02_2.02.176-3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking liblvm2cmd2.02:amd64 (2.02.176-3) over (2.02.176-1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../tmp/lvm2_2.02.176-3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking lvm2 (2.02.176-3) over (2.02.176-1) ...
Setting up libdevmapper1.02.1:amd64 (2:1.02.145-3) ...
Setting up dmsetup (2:1.02.145-3) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Setting up libdevmapper-event1.02.1:amd64 (2:1.02.145-3) ...
Setting up liblvm2app2.2:amd64 (2.02.176-3) ...
Setting up liblvm2cmd2.02:amd64 (2.02.176-3) ...
Setting up dmeventd (2:1.02.145-3) ...
Setting up lvm2 (2.02.176-3) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Syntax: /usr/bin/deb-systemd-invoke <action> <unit file> [<unit file> ...]
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-17) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (235-2) ...
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.130) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.13.0-1-amd64
E: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/lvm2 failed with return 1.
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.13.0-1-amd64 with 1.
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--install):
  installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess 
returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
  initramfs-tools

Kind regards,

-- 
Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben at transient.nz>
Director
Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/>
New Zealand