[Bug 43531] Kernel isn't very useful without a boot loader, but doesn't depend on one

[Mark Shuttleworth]

Public bug reported:

Affects: linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed


Description:
I asked my system to clean out packages that are not required for
ubuntu-desktop, and it happily removed grub. I don't have lilo. It also
installed a new kernel, but of course the boot loader is not updated to
reflect that. I've spoken with Colin Watson who does not want to add
grub to ubuntu-desktop, but one way or the other we must have some
requirement of a bootloader, and the kernel should make some sort of
noise if you try to install a new kernel WITHOUT one.

 affects /distros/ubuntu

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Kernel isn't very useful without a boot loader, but doesn't depend on one
https://launchpad.net/bugs/43531