linux-generic should depend on linux-base >=4.1
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
linux (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Xenial |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Stefan Bader |
Bug Description
[ SRU Justification ]
== Impact ==
Due to unversioned dependencies to linux-base, minimal installations will not pull in the latest requirements.
== Fix ==
Depend on linux-base (>= 4.5ubuntu1~16.04.1) specifically
== Testcase ==
See below (but also can be checked on dependencies).
== Risk of Regression ==
Low, no actual code change.
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Hi,
we run a automated pipeline which automatically installs ubuntu 16.04 by pxe / netinstall.
This pipeline stopped working tonight, so I did some research.
Looks like linux-generic depends on linux-base, but requires a tool/script which was added in 4.1 (linux-
packages.ubuntu.com only shows linux-base 4.5, but if I take a look into the packages.gz of <mirror>/ubuntu/ there is still a 4.0 available.
So somehow(tm) it seems netinstall is installing the 4.0 version of linux-base instead of the required 4.5 (4.1+).
In my opinion if a pkg needs a feature which is only available in a newer version of a pkg, this pkg should be a depend, so linux-generic should depend on linux-base >= 4.1 instead of just depend on linux-base.
I workarounded the problem by installing the hwe-kernel which has a correct dependency on linux-base 4.5.
no longer affects: | linux (Ubuntu) |
affects: | linux-meta (Ubuntu) → linux (Ubuntu) |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Incomplete |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
assignee: | nobody → Stefan Bader (smb) |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Invalid |
description: | updated |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
status: | Fix Released → Fix Committed |
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