Bionic linux-image-* changelogs seem broken?

Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo cascardo at canonical.com
Fri May 4 09:58:14 UTC 2018


On Fri, May 04, 2018 at 10:56:45AM +1000, Daniel Axtens wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Prior to bionic, apt changelog linux-image-N.NN.0-NN-generic printed a full
> changelog for the kernel package:
> 
> ===
> linux (4.4.0-119.143) xenial; urgency=medium
> 
>   * linux: 4.4.0-119.143 -proposed tracker (LP: #1760327)
> 
>   * Dell XPS 13 9360 bluetooth scan can not detect any device (LP: #1759821)
>     - Revert "Bluetooth: btusb: fix QCA Rome suspend/resume"
> 
>  -- Khalid Elmously <khalid.elmously at canonical.com>  Sat, 31 Mar 2018
> 17:09:19 +0000
> 
> linux (4.4.0-118.142) xenial; urgency=medium
> 
>   * linux: 4.4.0-118.142 -proposed tracker (LP: #1759607)
> 
>   * Kernel panic with AWS 4.4.0-1053 / 4.4.0-1015 (Trusty) (LP: #1758869)
>     - x86/microcode/AMD: Do not load when running on a hypervisor
> ===
> 
> However, with the upgrade to Bionic, it now seems to be including the
> changelog for linux-signed instead of linux, so we get a much less helpful
> changelog:
> 

You can look at the changelog for linux-modules-4.15.0-20-generic, for example.

> ===
> linux-signed (4.15.0-20.21) bionic; urgency=medium
> 
>   * Master version: 4.15.0-20.21
> 
>   * Miscellaneous Ubuntu changes
>     - fix permissions for installed signed kernel images
> 
>  -- Seth Forshee <seth.forshee at canonical.com>  Mon, 23 Apr 2018 23:42:51
> -0500
> 
> linux-signed (4.15.0-19.20) bionic; urgency=medium
> 
>   * Master version: 4.15.0-19.20
> 
>  -- Seth Forshee <seth.forshee at canonical.com>  Sat, 21 Apr 2018 17:32:56
> -0500
> ===
> 
> Was this a deliberate change? Is there a way to access the old changelog
> other than looking at git?
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Regards,
> Daniel

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