kernel upgrade held back

[Tom H]

On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 7:28 AM, R Kimber <richardkimber at btinternet.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Jul 2015 09:27:17 -0400 Tom H wrote:


>>> Well, I couldn't see an obvious bug that was the same , so I filed a new
>>> bug.
>>
>> What's the bug number?
>
> Bug no is: 1473429

Thanks.


>> Do you have the relevant linux-image metapackage installed?
>>
>> Without it, there's no way that a kernel can be upgraded by "apt-get
>> upgrade".
>
> Can you be more specific? I have linux-signed-generic installed, if that's
> what you mean.

That's what I meant but looking back at this old email (sorry), I
don't see how you can get a new kernel without running dist-upgrade
rather than upgrade. I only run dist-upgrade on my systems so I'm
going to set up a VM to be sure.