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[Scott Moser <smoser@xxxxxxxxxx>]

For full disclosure, this is in a "cross" build environment (qemu-static).
this works for other versions of ubuntu and has worked for xenial in the past.

the error messages seem to indicate 'update-initramfs' was deferred, but
the the postinst tried to copy it into place even though it wasnt there.
I am able to hack around this error by just touching the file
/boot/initrd.img-4.3.0-7-generic before runnign the apt-get install.

Setting up linux-image-4.3.0-7-generic (4.3.0-7.18) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
/bin/cp: cannot stat '/boot/initrd.img-4.3.0-7-generic': No such file or directory
Failed to copy /boot/initrd.img-4.3.0-7-generic to /boot/initrd.img at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-4.3.0-7-generic.postinst line 745.

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Title:
  kernel install failed /bin/cp: cannot stat
  ‘/boot/initrd.img-4.3.0-7-generic’: No such file or directory

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Hi, this failure for kernel package installation occured inside a maas image (lp:maas-images) build process.
  The failure log ends like this:

  Unpacking linux-generic (4.3.0.7.8) ...
  Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
  Setting up linux-image-4.3.0-7-generic (4.3.0-7.18) ...
  Running depmod.
  update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
  /bin/cp: cannot stat '/boot/initrd.img-4.3.0-7-generic': No such file or directory
  Failed to copy /boot/initrd.img-4.3.0-7-generic to /boot/initrd.img at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-4.3.0-7-generic.postinst line 745.
  dpkg: error processing package linux-image-4.3.0-7-generic (--configure):
   subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
  Setting up devio (1.2-1build2) ...
  Setting up linux-base (4.0ubuntu1) ...
  Setting up flash-kernel (3.0~rc.4ubuntu57) ...
  Setting up linux-firmware (1.155) ...
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
   linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-4.3.0-7-generic; however:
    Package linux-image-4.3.0-7-generic is not configured yet.

  dpkg: error processing package linux-image-generic (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  Setting up linux-headers-4.3.0-7 (4.3.0-7.18) ...
  Setting up linux-headers-4.3.0-7-generic (4.3.0-7.18) ...
  Setting up linux-headers-generic (4.3.0.7.8) ...
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
   linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic (= 4.3.0.7.8); however:
    Package linux-image-generic is not configured yet.

  dpkg: error processing package linux-generic (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
  No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   linux-image-4.3.0-7-generic
   linux-image-generic
   linux-generic
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
  failed install of  linux-generic
  failed chroot and kernel install
  failed
  failed to get linux-generic output

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