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

[Brian Murray]

** Also affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Yakkety)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Yakkety)
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Yakkety)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

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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:
  Triaged
Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader source package in Yakkety:
  Triaged

Bug 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: Bug
  DistroRelease: 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: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-10-16 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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