linux-aws does not provide linux-image-extra-$(uname -r)

[Ross Vandegrift]

I have a large number of image builds based on xenial that automatically install linux-image-extra-$(uname -r) to ensure aufs is available.

The recent fix to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-aws/+bug/1672464 ensures aufs is available, but it breaks a lot of automation.

Is it possible for linux-aws to Provide linux-image-extra-$(uname -r) to prevent breaking existing automation?

Ross

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

Hello,

As the aufs module has been promoted to the main linux-image package for linux-aws, maybe you can skip the installation for linux-image-extra-$(uname -r)?

And as per Kamal's comment in that bug description, there is no -extra package for linux-aws, I think this is another good reason for you to skip the extra package.

Thanks.

[Ross Vandegrift (ross-kallisti)]

The point of this bug report is that the fix to LP#1672464 removed a binary package name from xenial - this is like changing an API contract. But xenial has long since shipped with this breakage, so this report can be ignored.

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

Closing this bug report as per reporter's comment in #3.

Please feel free to open a new report if you have found any new bug.