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4+ years and still not fixed.  And no, to the many people who have
listed how to "fix" it via apt commands, that is not a fix, that is a
kludge.  APT (in its myriad forms) is a package manager.  That means
these kernel packages should be managed.  So here are the facts.

1: Ubuntu now suggests for partitioning a tiny /boot partition.
2: Ubuntu now pushes out several minor kernel updates per month.
3: Those kernel updates do not clean up after themselves.

Add those three together and it means every Ubuntu user will, I stress
WILL, run into this problem in short order.

This is a core package, it is a managed package, this problem should be
MANAGED, not kludged.  But all I see in going back through the history
of this bug is two things which should not be happening.

1: The bug being assigned out to someone only to be assigned to nobody right after it.
2: People disparaging others for wanting the issue resolved.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/798414

Title:
  update-initramfs should produce a more helpful error when there isn't
  enough  free space

Status in initramfs-tools:
  Confirmed
Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: initramfs-tools

  When generating a new initramfs there is no check for available free
  space, subsequently its possible for update-initramfs to fail due to a
  lack of free space.  This is resulting in package installation
  failures for initramfs-tools.  For example:

  Setting up initramfs-tools (0.98.8ubuntu3) ...
  update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
  Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
  update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-8-generic

  gzip: stdout: No space left on device
  E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1
  update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-8-generic
  dpkg: error processing initramfs-tools (--configure):
   subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

  WORKAROUND:

  Remove unused kernels using computer janitor (not in repositories for
  14.04 or later) or manually free space on your partition containing
  the /boot file system.

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