In my case, this might have been caused by a hard disk in RAID1 operation failed, causing a degraded RAID array, in which /boot apparently becomes read only.... in which case this is not a bug.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1467398 Title: [STAGING] package linux-image-3.13.0-55-generic (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: unable to clean up mess surrounding `./boot/System.map-3.13.0-55-generic' before installing another version: Read-only file system To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1467398/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs