Ubuntu
update-manager package

linux-server -> linux-generic-pae transition not working well

Bug #540114 reported by Michael Vogt
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update-manager (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
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Ubuntu ubuntu-10.04-beta-2
Lucid
Fix Released
Medium
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Ubuntu ubuntu-10.04-beta-2

Bug Description

Binary package hint: update-manager

When upgrading from hardy to lucid with a linux-server install some systems end up with two kernels.

One kernel is linux-generic picked by base-installer.

The other is the transitional kernel by the linux-server dependency on linux-image-pae.

update-manager should detect that and do not install linux-generic that got suggested from base-installer.

Bits from the log:

2010-03-16 11:20:56,470 DEBUG Kernel uname: '2.6.24-25-server'
2010-03-16 11:20:56,537 DEBUG ./get_kernel_list.sh returns: ['linux-generic',
+'linux-image-generic', 'linux-virtual', 'linux-image-virtual', 'linux-rt',
+'linux-image-rt', 'linux-generic-pae', 'linux-image-generic-pae', 'linux-xen',
+'linux-image-xen', 'linux-386', 'linux-image-386']
2010-03-16 11:20:56,538 DEBUG linux-xen not available in cache
2010-03-16 11:20:56,538 DEBUG linux-image-xen not available in cache
2010-03-16 11:20:56,538 DEBUG Installing 'linux-generic' (Selecting new kernel
+from base-installer)

2010-03-16 11:21:01,283 DEBUG Install: linux-image-2.6.32-16-generic-pae, linux-image-server, linux-image-generic, +linux-image-generic-pae

Michael Vogt (mvo)
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Medium
milestone: none → ubuntu-10.04-beta-2
Revision history for this message
Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote :

This is fixed now, I tested it in a clean hardy chroot and the log looks like this now:

2010-03-17 10:56:47,234 DEBUG ./get_kernel_list.sh returns: ['linux-generic', 'linux-image-generic', 'linux-virtual', 'linux-image-virtual', 'linux-rt', 'linux-image-rt', 'linux-generic-pae', 'linux-image-generic-pae', 'linux-xen', 'linux-image-xen', 'linux-386', 'linux-image-386']
2010-03-17 10:56:47,235 DEBUG linux-image-generic-pae kernel already installed

No double kernel selection anymore.

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package update-manager - 1:0.133.4

---------------
update-manager (1:0.133.4) lucid; urgency=low

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py, DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeView.py:
    - detect pre-depends cycle and cleanly revert (LP: #516727)
      to the old system state
  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeCache.py:
    - only ensure translations are kept if they are still downloadable,
      there is a lot of churn in the translations area so its not
      feasible to keep them all
    - when checking the kernel list from base-installer, also consider
      kernels that are marked install (LP: #540114)
    - check rdepends of all packages (including auto-removal ones)
      again ensure the removal blacklist is honored in all cases
      (LP: #540823)
  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py:
    - show progress information when searching for obsolete software
      (this can take a bit on a big install)
  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeViewNonInteractive.py:
    - fix crash in non-interactive mode (thanks to Andreas Hasenack)

  [ Colin Watson ]
  * Ship /var/lib/update-notifier directory in update-manager-core, so that
    it's always there for 91-release-upgrade (LP: #540159).
 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:57:18 +0100

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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