[Bug 1515010] Re: Updating grub-pc causes an unnessary request to reboot

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[Expired for grub2 (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60
days.]

** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Expired

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Title:
  Updating grub-pc causes an unnessary request to reboot

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Expired

Bug description:
  Description:	Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
  Release:	14.04
  grub-pc:
    Installed: 2.02~beta2-9ubuntu1.3
    Candidate: 2.02~beta2-9ubuntu1.3
    Version table:
   *** 2.02~beta2-9ubuntu1.3 0
          500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       2.02~beta2-9 0
          500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages

  I've noticed this before but today was the first time I got a handle
  on it.  I received a new kernel and did the appropriate update and
  reboot.  Then I checked using apt-get to see if there were further
  updates, as there often are.  What I got was an advice to run apt-get
  autoremove to clear off some now obsolete kernel version material.

  Later on, the software-updater requested a reboot.  What must have
  happened is the autoremove processing, having rebuilt the grub tables,
  set a reboot switch which was probably not really needed since there
  was no new kernel to pick up.

  This isn't much of a problem, but it does indicate that some minor
  thought needs to be given as to whether there actually is a new kernel
  present and not just a fix-up of grub tables.

  While this is a minor nuisance, I hope it is not a symptom of
  something worse in the future.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: grub-pc 2.02~beta2-9ubuntu1.3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-68.111-generic 3.13.11-ckt27
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-68-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.18
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Tue Nov 10 16:26:21 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-05 (766 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Beta amd64 (20130925.1)
  SourcePackage: grub2
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2015-10-28 (13 days ago)

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