Karmic server upgrade loses kernel metapackages
Bug #441629 reported by
Scott Kitterman
This bug affects 2 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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update-manager (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned | ||
Karmic |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: update-manager
I just upgraded my test server to karmic and both linux and linux-image were removed by update-manager. I would gather this is related to the move from a -server to a -generic kernel. Users that don't notice these metapackages have been removed won't get abi bump kernel updates which could have security implications post release.
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
milestone: | none → karmic-updates |
milestone: | karmic-updates → ubuntu-9.10 |
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Suggestion: have a "quirk" in the update-manager code that checks whether linux and linux-image were installed before the upgrade, and if so, either refuses to remove them or installs them back.
However, should the dependencies of linux and linux-image be such that they pull in the -generic kernels and don't get removed?