[Bug 272885] Re: linux-image package must depend on package grub

[Colin Watson]

The kernel must not depend on grub. That cure would be worse than the
disease.

We can't really fix this *properly* without a time machine; the buggy
script is shipped by the grub package. (Before you say that you removed
the grub package, indeed you did; but conffiles are not removed unless
you *purge* the package, and that's why this script is still hanging
around. It's not actually the kernel's fault at all.)

However, we can update this script in grub to avoid failing if kernel-
helper is missing, i.e. the package is removed but not purged. This
won't help people who have already removed grub without the aid of the
aforementioned time machine, but it will fix it for people who remove it
in future.

** Summary changed:

- linux-image package must depend on package grub
+ /etc/kernel/prerm.d/last-good-boot fails if grub is removed but not purged

** Changed in: grub (Ubuntu)
Sourcepackagename: linux-meta => grub

** Changed in: grub (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Colin Watson (cjwatson)
       Status: New => Fix Committed

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/etc/kernel/prerm.d/last-good-boot fails if grub is removed but not purged
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272885
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