This bug was fixed in the package mdadm - 3.3-2ubuntu7.4
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mdadm (3.3-2ubuntu7.4) xenial; urgency=medium
* Drop versioned dependency on initramfs-tools, which was only needed for
upgrades and now keeps initramfs-tools installed on systems that don't
need it. LP:
With mdadm 3.3-2ubuntu7.4, this works as expected.
** Tags removed: verification-needed verification-needed-xenial
** Tags added: verification-done-xenial
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Hello Steve, or anyone else affected,
Accepted mdadm into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be
available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mdadm/3.3-2ubuntu7.4
in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See
This SRU fails verification, the new binary still depends on initramfs-
tools. Apparently I failed to edit debian/control correctly in the
previous upload.
** Tags added: verification-failed-xenial
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I accepted the package but the update bug part of the operation failed,
anyway this is in -proposed now.
** Changed in: mdadm (Ubuntu Xenial)
Status: In Progress => Fix Committed
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** Description changed:
[SRU Justification]
In xenial and earlier, mdadm declares a versioned dependency on
initramfs-tools. This was an Ubuntu-specific dependency only needed for
upgrades, and the version referenced is ancient (ca. 2008). In zesty and
later, the dependency has been
