[Bug 1506169] Re: if linux metapackage is installed software properties will uninstall it

[Chris Halse Rogers]

Hello Bryan, or anyone else affected,

Accepted software-properties into wily-proposed. The package will build
now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-
properties/0.96.13.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed
repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to
enable and use -proposed.  Your feedback will aid us getting this update
out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag
from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the
bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to
verification-failed.  In either case, details of your testing will help
us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification .  Thank you in
advance!

** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu Wily)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Committed

** Tags added: verification-needed

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Title:
  if linux metapackage is installed software properties will uninstall
  it

Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in software-properties source package in Vivid:
  Triaged
Status in software-properties source package in Wily:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  Test Case
  ---------
  Reproduction Steps (works on Live CD, check that linux-generic is installed before testing):
  1.  Open software-properties-gtk, in the drivers tab install nvidia-352 driver.
  2.  tail /var/log/apt/history.log and note that it also removed the linux-generic package.
  3.  Run sudo apt-get upgrade and note that it now mentions that that linux-headers/image-generic are auto-removable.

  With the version of the package from -proposed the linux-generic
  package will no longer be removed by software-properties.

  
  ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: ubiquity (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-16.19-generic 4.2.3
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-16-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Oct 14 14:06:29 2015
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash ---
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-10-13 (1 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Alpha amd64 (20151013)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bashSourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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