This bug was fixed in the package initramfs-tools - 0.103ubuntu4.10
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initramfs-tools (0.103ubuntu4.10) trusty; urgency=medium
* mkinitramfs: Delete or report temporary files in /var/tmp/ on failure.
(LP: #1713004)
-- Brian Murray <br...@ubuntu.com> Tue, 05 Dec 2017 11:29:04 -0800
** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu Trusty)
Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
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Title:
Temporary files left under /var/tmp by mkinitramfs
Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in initramfs-tools source package in Trusty:
Fix Released
Status in initramfs-tools source package in Xenial:
Fix Released
Status in initramfs-tools package in Debian:
Fix Released
Bug description:
Test Case
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1) confirm there are no mkinitramfs junk files in /var/tmp
2) run 'sudo update-initramfs -k all -u -v'
3) interrupt update-initramfs with Ctrl-C
4) observe junk files in /var/tmp e.g. /var/tmp/mkinitramfs*
With the version of initramfs-tools in -proposed you should see not
have any leftovers in /var/tmp.
I recently ran out of disk space on my / mount. While looking for
what consumed the disk I noticed a large number (130) of directories
with names / paths beginning /var/tmp/mkinitramfs. These directories
seem to be either ~103 MB or ~927 MB in size. Many of these files are
months old, some are almost a year.
Having had a quick look about for an explanation as to why these files
are here and found Debian Bug #814345. That explains that temporary
files are left behind by the initramfs-tools if something fails in the
process. If this is the cause of my files then updating the Ubuntu
package to version 0.123 should resolve this issue.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: initramfs-tools 0.122ubuntu8.8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-72.93-generic 4.4.49
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-72-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Aug 25 09:40:41 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-03-12 (896 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64
(20150218.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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