[Bug 1521169] Re: The link /vmlinuz is a damaged link

[Mate Kukri]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 924742 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/924742

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 924742
   The link /vmlinuz.old is a damaged link

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Title:
  The link /vmlinuz is a damaged link

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Steps to reproduce:

  1) Install daily build of Ubuntu 16.04.
  2) Install another kernel, in my case this one: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.4-rc3-wily/linux-image-4.4.0-040400rc3-generic_4.4.0-040400rc3.201511300321_amd64.deb
  3) Immediately remove the new kernel after adding it.
  You will now receive the following scary message:

  The link /vmlinuz is a damaged link
  Removing symbolic link vmlinuz
   you may need to re-run your boot loader[grub]
  The link /initrd.img is a damaged link
  Removing symbolic link initrd.img
   you may need to re-run your boot loader[grub]

  ...although it seems relatively harmless. I think the key to
  reproducing it is that you have to go from 2 to 1 kernels (it won't
  reproduce if you have 3 kernels installed and remove one of them).

  Somewhat related to bug 924742, but I have not installed any home
  compiled kernels, only one from the kernel mainline ppa.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: grub2-common 2.02~beta2-32
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-19.23-generic 4.2.6
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-19-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.19.2-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Mon Nov 30 13:07:15 2015
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-28 (2 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20151127)
  SourcePackage: grub2
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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