Public bug reported: Stupidly I installed this package on a regular non-embedded Ubuntu 20.04 installation on a laptop, possibly as a result of a wildcard install initramfs-tools-*.
This made my installation completely unusable. Booting from any kernel resulted in the error "The required kernel commandline snap_core is not set". I spent several days installing Ubuntu and restoring packages and files from backup and trying to repair my boot partition until I realised what the problem was. https://askubuntu.com/questions/1390286/ubuntu-20-04-wont-boot- following-package-install-snap-problem/1390885#1390885 For now, I've used apt-mark hold to stop this being installed. Is there any way we can stop idiots like me from doing this again in the future? To me, a package called "foo-ubuntu-core" sounds like something fundamental to an Ubuntu installation, not specific to an embedded system. ** Affects: initramfs-tools-ubuntu-core (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1960225 Title: Stop idiots like me from installing this package on non-embedded systems To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools-ubuntu-core/+bug/1960225/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
