[Bug 1498059] Re: hwe-support-status should be included in newer releases

[Erick Brunzell]

I tested an Ubuntu server w/Utopic HWE install tonight and all seemed to
go well:

hwe-support-status --show-all-unsupported
linux-image-3.16.0-77-generic linux-image-generic-lts-utopic 
linux-headers-generic-lts-utopic linux-image-extra-3.16.0-30-generic 
linux-generic-lts-utopic linux-image-3.16.0-30-generic 
linux-image-extra-3.16.0-77-generic 

hwe-support-status --show-replacements
linux-image-generic-lts-xenial linux-generic-lts-xenial

hwe-support-status --verbose
WARNING: Security updates for your current Hardware Enablement
Stack ended on 2016-08-04:
 * http://wiki.ubuntu.com/1404_HWE_EOL

To upgrade to a supported (or longer-supported) configuration:

* Upgrade from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS by running:
sudo do-release-upgrade 

OR

* Switch to the current security-supported stack by running:
sudo apt-get install linux-image-generic-lts-xenial linux-generic-lts-xenial

and reboot your system.

The applicable bits from apt.history:

Start-Date: 2016-08-12  21:36:06
Commandline: apt-get install update-manager-core
Upgrade: update-manager-core:amd64 (0.196.14, 0.196.18), python3-update-manager:amd64 (0.196.14, 0.196.18)
End-Date: 2016-08-12  21:36:11

Start-Date: 2016-08-12  21:53:36
Commandline: apt-get install linux-image-generic-lts-xenial linux-generic-lts-xenial
Install: linux-headers-4.4.0-34-generic:amd64 (4.4.0-34.53~14.04.1, automatic), linux-image-4.4.0-34-generic:amd64 (4.4.0-34.53~14.04.1, automatic), linux-headers-4.4.0-34:amd64 (4.4.0-34.53~14.04.1, automatic), linux-generic-lts-xenial:amd64 (4.4.0.34.24), thermald:amd64 (1.4.3-5~14.04.4, automatic), linux-headers-generic-lts-xenial:amd64 (4.4.0.34.24, automatic), linux-image-extra-4.4.0-34-generic:amd64 (4.4.0-34.53~14.04.1, automatic), linux-image-generic-lts-xenial:amd64 (4.4.0.34.24)
End-Date: 2016-08-12  22:11:44

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Title:
  hwe-support-status should be included in newer releases

Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in update-notifier package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in update-manager source package in Trusty:
  Fix Committed
Status in update-notifier source package in Trusty:
  Fix Committed
Status in update-manager source package in Xenial:
  Triaged
Status in update-notifier source package in Xenial:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Test Case (for update-notifier)
  -------------------------------
  1) Install an End of Life HWE stack (utopic/vivid/wily)
  2) Install the version of update-notifier and update-manager from Trusty -proposed
  3) Force an motd update via 'sudo /usr/lib/update-notifier/update-motd-hwe-eol'
  4) Observe a message regarding your HWE stack being End of Life.
  5) ssh localhost - confirm same HWE EoL message appears

  
  Right now hwe-support-status is only in 12.04.  14.04 users might want that information for their release as well.

  Alternatively the functionality could be merged into ubuntu-support-
  status.

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