[Bug 2011925] Re: flash-kernel 3.106ubuntu13 causes a trigger cycle when installing arm64 kernels on VMs

[Francis Ginther]

Install log with an AWS image from 20230315 using flash-kernel
3.106ubuntu13.

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Title:
  flash-kernel 3.106ubuntu13 causes a trigger cycle when installing
  arm64 kernels on VMs

Status in flash-kernel package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  We're seeing the following error when trying to install kernel
  packages on cloud instances with the latest flash-kernel,
  3.106ubuntu13.

  sudo apt-get install --yes linux-generic
  ...
  : /boot/vmlinuz is now a symlink to vmlinuz-6.1.0-16-generic
  I: /boot/initrd.img is now a symlink to initrd.img-6.1.0-16-generic
  Setting up linux-headers-generic (6.1.0.16.16) ...
  Setting up linux-image-generic (6.1.0.16.16) ...
  Setting up linux-generic (6.1.0.16.16) ...
  Processing triggers for man-db (2.11.2-1) ...
  Processing triggers for flash-kernel (3.106ubuntu13) ...
  flash-kernel: requested kernel 6.1.0-16-generic is in state triggers-pending.
  flash-kernel: deferring update (trigger activated)
  dpkg: cycle found while processing triggers:
   chain of packages whose triggers are or may be responsible:
    flash-kernel -> linux-image-6.1.0-16-generic
   packages' pending triggers which are or may be unresolvable:
    linux-image-6.1.0-16-generic: linux-update-6.1.0-16-generic
    flash-kernel: flash-kernel
  dpkg: error processing package linux-image-6.1.0-16-generic (--configure):
   triggers looping, abandoned
  Processing triggers for flash-kernel (3.106ubuntu13) ...
  flash-kernel: requested kernel 6.1.0-16-generic is in state half-configured.
  flash-kernel: deferring update (trigger activated)
  Processing triggers for flash-kernel (3.106ubuntu13) ...
  flash-kernel: requested kernel 6.1.0-16-generic is in state half-configured.
  flash-kernel: deferring update (trigger activated)
  Processing triggers for flash-kernel (3.106ubuntu13) ...
  flash-kernel: requested kernel 6.1.0-16-generic is in state half-configured.
  flash-kernel: deferring update (trigger activated)
  dpkg: cycle found while processing triggers:
   chain of packages whose triggers are or may be responsible:
    flash-kernel -> flash-kernel -> flash-kernel -> flash-kernel
   packages' pending triggers which are or may be unresolvable:
    flash-kernel: flash-kernel
  dpkg: error processing package flash-kernel (--configure):
   triggers looping, abandoned
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   linux-image-6.1.0-16-generic
   flash-kernel
  needrestart is being skipped since dpkg has failed
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  I was able to reproduce this on an aws image with serial 20230306, but
  not on one with serial 20230303 (which was using flash-kernel
  3.106ubuntu12. I also see this on the latest google cloud images.

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