update manager refuses to upgrade kernel to newer version

[Oliver Grawert]

hi,
Am Sonntag, den 14.02.2016, 09:10 +0100 schrieb Ralf Mardorf:
...
> >(unless you make the mistake to manually install the most bottom layer
> >linux-image package by hand (which you should not do if you want
> >functioning upgrades), then you would need to use --no-install
> >-recommends to prevent it from coming back)
> 
...

> >about attached hardware due to missing /dev when the probe and search
> >tool runs. how would grub install to its target device without any
info
> >about the existing hardware ? 
>
> Even this was explained. The GRUB2 bootloader works, what doesn't work
> is the fine auto-config-thingy and while it claims /dev isn't
> mounted, /dev actually is (could be) mounted.
if /dev would be mounted and it doesnt work this would indeed be a bug
(totally different one though), what is your evidence this is
happening ?

> And it could come back any time a user needs to install something
> including recommended dependencies and including a kernel image package

no, it cant, as i said above, a simple apt-get upgrade/dist-upgrade
would never bring back recommends you removed manually, unless you
installed the kernel without the metapackages it uses for functioning
upgrades. no proper install does miss these packages ... 

ciao
	oli