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Bug#847343: firmware-misc-nonfree: breaks update-initramfs

From Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz>
Newsgroups linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject Bug#847343: firmware-misc-nonfree: breaks update-initramfs
Date 2016-12-07 13:10 +0100
Message-ID <sLJcR-8nG-7@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
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Package: firmware-misc-nonfree
Version: 20161130-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

Dear Maintainer,

the following upgrade breaks update-initramfs:

firmware-amd-graphics (20160824-1 => 20161130-1)
firmware-atheros (20160824-1 => 20161130-1)
firmware-brcm80211 (20160824-1 => 20161130-1)
firmware-linux (20160824-1 => 20161130-1)
firmware-linux-nonfree (20160824-1 => 20161130-1)
firmware-misc-nonfree (20160824-1 => 20161130-1)
firmware-realtek (20160824-1 => 20161130-1)

Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.125) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.8.0-2-amd64
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/kbl_guc_ver9_14.bin for module
i915
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/bxt_guc_ver8_7.bin for module
i915
E: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/plymouth failed with return 1.
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.8.0-2-amd64 with 1.
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-8) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 initramfs-tools
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Adding "set -x" to the plymouth hook results in a flood that ends with the
following, implicating firmware-misc-nonfree:

+ ln -rs /var/tmp/mkinitramfs_tAZsDU//lib/firmware/nvidia/gm200/gr/gpccs_bl.bin
/var/tmp/mkinitramfs_tAZsDU//lib/firmware/nvidia/gm206/gr/gpccs_bl.bin
+ src=/lib/firmware/nvidia/gm200/gr/gpccs_bl.bin
+ target=/lib/firmware/nvidia/gm200/gr/gpccs_bl.bin
+ [ -e /var/tmp/mkinitramfs_tAZsDU//lib/firmware/nvidia/gm200/gr/gpccs_bl.bin ]
+ return 1
E: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/plymouth failed with return 1.
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.8.0-2-amd64 with 1.
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 initramfs-tools
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Downgrading the above firmware packages immediately triggers a successful
update-initramfs.

Kind regards,
Ben.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.8.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

firmware-misc-nonfree depends on no packages.

firmware-misc-nonfree recommends no packages.

Versions of packages firmware-misc-nonfree suggests:
ih  initramfs-tools  0.125

-- no debconf information

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Bug#847343: firmware-misc-nonfree: breaks update-initramfs Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2016-12-07 13:10 +0100
  Bug#847343: firmware-misc-nonfree: breaks update-initramfs Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2016-12-07 23:40 +0100
  Bug#847343: marked as done (firmware-misc-nonfree: breaks  update-initramfs (initramfs-tools <= 0.125) if plymouth installed) owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System) - 2016-12-14 05:30 +0100

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