[Bug 924742] Re: The link /vmlinuz.old is a damaged link

[Neal McBurnett]

According to http://serverfault.com/questions/4427/damaged-vmlinuz-and-initrd-img-symbolic-links-after-kernel-uninstall
this error message was old 5 years ago, when folks might still have been using lilo, which relied on these symbolic links, unlike grub.

Assuming that is true, shouldn't we just get rid of this error message,
which even explicitly suggests a need to re-run grub?

Or at least make it more useful, by mentioning that it is more typically an issue with lilo?
Or perhaps at least say what the link pointed to before it was removed, so users know what was going on and how they might want to fix things?

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Title:
  The link /vmlinuz.old is a damaged link

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  I got this error, which seemed a bit scary, although so far I haven't
  seen it cause any problems.

  $ sudo apt-get remove linux-image-3.2.0-11-generic
  Läser paketlistor... Färdig
  Bygger beroendeträd
  Läser tillståndsinformation... Färdig
  Följande paket har installerats automatiskt och är inte längre nödvändigt:
    libx264-118
  Använd "apt-get autoremove" för att ta bort dem.
  Följande paket kommer att TAS BORT:
    linux-image-3.2.0-11-generic
  0 att uppgradera, 0 att nyinstallera, 1 att ta bort och 22 att inte uppgradera.
  Efter denna åtgärd kommer 148 MB att frigöras på disken.
  Vill du fortsätta [J/n]? j
  (Läser databasen ... 161724 filer och kataloger installerade.)
  Tar bort linux-image-3.2.0-11-generic ...
  Examining /etc/kernel/prerm.d.
  run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/prerm.d/dkms 3.2.0-11-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-11-generic
  Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d .
  run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 3.2.0-11-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-11-generic
  update-initramfs: Deleting /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-11-generic
  run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub 3.2.0-11-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-11-generic
  Generating grub.cfg ...
  Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-12-generic
  Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-12-generic
  Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
  Found Windows 7 (loader) on /dev/sda1
  Found Ubuntu 11.10 (11.10) on /dev/sda10
  Found Ubuntu 10.10 (10.10) on /dev/sda5
  Found Ubuntu 10.10 (10.10) on /dev/sda7
  Found Ubuntu 11.04 (11.04) on /dev/sda9
  grep: inmatningsfilen "/boot/grub/grub.cfg.new" är även utmatningen
  done
  The link /vmlinuz.old is a damaged link
  Removing symbolic link vmlinuz.old
   you may need to re-run your boot loader[grub]
  The link /initrd.img.old is a damaged link
  Removing symbolic link initrd.img.old
   you may need to re-run your boot loader[grub]

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: grub-pc 1.99-14ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-12.20-generic 3.2.2
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Feb  1 10:09:55 2012
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120103)
  SourcePackage: grub2
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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