So, if all these update notification things check a single semaphore file, say "/var/lib/update-notifier/no-hwe-oel-warning", then the OEM people can drop that flag in place on a forced update, to avoid their users being notified of stack upgrades before they've validated the upgrade path.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1244438 Title: EOL notification system required for HWE kernels in LTSs Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu: New Status in “landscape” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “nagios-plugins” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “unattended-upgrades” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “update-motd” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: We need to have some mechanism to allow us to record that you have an EOL kernel installed which will no longer receive updates. For example for the kernel when a kernel is going EOL the last upload should include an appropriate file: /var/lib/update-notifier/kernel-eol We need to coordinate this with the notifier itself to ensure it is displayed. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-notes/+bug/1244438/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
