[Bug 1633903] Re: linux-image-4.8.0 not installed upon upgrade to yakkety if linux-generic not installed

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This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-release-upgrader - 1:16.10.8

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ubuntu-release-upgrader (1:16.10.8) yakkety-proposed; urgency=medium

  * data/DistUpgradeQuirks.py: configure the quirk which installs the linux
    metapackage to run for every release upgrade. (LP: #1633903)
  * data/DistUpgrade.cfg: add ubuntkylin-desktop to the list of supported
    metapkgs. (LP: #1632665)
  * DistUpgrade/ReleaseNotesViewerWebkit.py: fix indentation of function
    _on_navigation_policy_decision_requested. (LP: #1635155)

 -- Brian Murray <brian at ubuntu.com>  Tue, 25 Oct 2016 12:13:12 -0700

** Changed in: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Yakkety)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  linux-image-4.8.0 not installed upon upgrade to yakkety if linux-
  generic not installed

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader source package in Yakkety:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Test Case
  ---------
  1) On an Ubuntu 16.04 system uninstall linux-generic
  2) Upgrade from 16.04 to 16.10
  3) Observe you are running a 4.4 kernel instead of a 4.8 one

  With the version of the ubuntu-release-upgrader from -proposed, run by
  executing do-release-upgrade -p, the linux-generic package will be
  installed before upgrade and you should then be running a 4.8 kernel
  after upgrade.

  Original Description
  --------------------
  Upon booting into the newly upgraded ubuntu yakkety system I noticed that the kernel option that grub listed was still linux-image-4.4.0-21-generic.  The system booted okay, but in aptitude  linux-image-4.4.0-21-generic was marked as obsolete (which lead to interesting problems later https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1633897).  That is okay too, and while granted the linux-image-generic metapackage was not installed, linux-image-4.8.x was not installed by the update/upgrade process.  What the upgrade process should probably do is upgrade to the new kernel that comes with the particular flavour being upgraded to.

  Upgrade: 16.04 -> 16.10

  ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.10.6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-22.24-generic 4.8.0
  Uname: Linux 4.8.0-22-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Sun Oct 16 13:34:39 2016
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-09 (829 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20140708)
  PackageArchitecture: allSourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-10-16 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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