Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: initramfs-tools

When purging a kernel, the links in /boot fail to get updated, which
flash-kernel depends on for updating boot partitions on armel platforms.
This may leave the system unable to boot or may continue to boot the
purged kernel.

The following is the output from apt-get --purge:

ubu...@beaglexm:~$ sudo apt-get --purge remove linux-image-2.6.35-24-omap
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-headers-2.6.35-22 linux-headers-2.6.35-22-omap
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  linux-image-2.6.35-24-omap* linux-image-omap* linux-omap*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 to remove and 211 not upgraded.
After this operation, 59.5MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 124191 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing linux-omap ...
Removing linux-image-omap ...
Removing linux-image-2.6.35-24-omap ...
WARN: Proceeding with removing running kernel image.
Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d .
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 2.6.35-24-omap 
/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-24-omap
The link /boot/vmlinuz is a damaged link
Removing symbolic link vmlinuz 
 you may need to re-run your boot loader[grub]
The link /boot/initrd.img is a damaged link
Removing symbolic link initrd.img 
 you may need to re-run your boot loader[grub]
Purging configuration files for linux-image-2.6.35-24-omap ...
Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d .
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 2.6.35-24-omap 
/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-24-omap

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: initramfs-tools 0.98.1ubuntu6
ProcVersionSignature: User Name 2.6.35-24.42-omap 2.6.35.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-24-omap armv7l
NonfreeKernelModules: nls_iso8859_1 nls_cp437 vfat fat binfmt_misc ppdev lp 
parport dm_crypt smsc95xx usbnet omap_wdt gpio_keys omap2_mcspi joydev 
twl4030_pwrbutton leds_gpio btrfs zlib_deflate crc32c libcrc32c usbhid hid
Architecture: armel
Date: Tue Jan 11 11:52:09 2011
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools

** Affects: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug armel maverick ubuntu-une

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  purging a kernel sometimes fails to remove kernel in armel

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