Lee - I'm not seeing this symptom. From a stock fully updated Xenial image:
rtg@ubuntu:~$ uname -r 4.4.0-64-generic rtg@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install linux-generic-hwe-16.04 [sudo] password for rtg: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: linux-headers-4.8.0-36 linux-headers-4.8.0-36-generic linux-headers-generic-hwe-16.04 linux-image-4.8.0-36-generic linux-image-extra-4.8.0-36-generic linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04 thermald Suggested packages: fdutils linux-tools The following NEW packages will be installed: linux-generic-hwe-16.04 linux-headers-4.8.0-36 linux-headers-4.8.0-36-generic linux-headers-generic-hwe-16.04 linux-image-4.8.0-36-generic linux-image-extra-4.8.0-36-generic linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04 thermald 0 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 72.4 MB of archives. After this operation, 316 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n It looks to me like it will do the right thing. -- 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/1666413 Title: linux-image-hwe-16.04 depends on linux-generic-hwe-16.04-edge Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in linux source package in Xenial: In Progress Bug description: Installing the linux-generic-hwe-16.04 package pulls in linux-generic- hwe-16.04-edge, thus the system has linux-image-4.8.0-34-generic and linux-image-4.8.0-36-generic installed. The system then boots to 4.8.0-36. Installing linux-generic-hwe-16.04 shouldn't pull in linux-generic- hwe-16.04-edge and only one kernel should be installed. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1666413/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
