Seems this has been discussed at https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21492 and a 2009 comment even discusses how this is handled in Ubuntu kernel package's postinst... maybe it broke somehow since?
** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #21492 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21492 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/731847 Title: hibernate should fail before rebooting to updated kernel To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/731847/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
