Re: Migrating From Ubuntu PPA to Real Ubuntu Packages

[NoddingDog <lists@noddingdog.org>]

I'm sure I did apt update after removing the PPA, but just checked
again:
 
apt update
apt install wireguard

Same result - those gke kernels are included as dependencies and "will
be installed".

Maybe Dell need to fix their bionic-oem repositories?


On Mon, 2020-08-03 at 18:21 +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 6:15 PM NoddingDog <lists@noddingdog.org>
> wrote:
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I'd like to report a serious problem.
> > 
> > I have a Dell XPS13 with Dell's OEM version of Ubuntu 18.04
> > 
> > I had previously added the wireguard PPA and removed it as
> > mentioned
> > below.
> > 
> > Now, when running sudo apt install wireguard, the system wants to
> > install the following packages:
> > 
> > linux-image-5.3.0-1032-gke
> > linux-image-gke-5.3
> > wireguard-tools
> > 
> > These kernel images are **completely wrong** for the laptop (they
> > are
> > Google Container Engine kernel images). I didn't notice and borked
> > my
> > system by installing them. I had to load an old kernel and purge
> > them
> > before my system would work properly again.
> > 
> > Maybe this needs fixing before too many other folks have the same
> > problem.
> 
> Try running `apt update` first, and please let me know if that fixes
> the issue.
> 
> IIRC, Andy (CC'd as apw@) initially ported WireGuard to 18.04 with a
> package bug, which he later rectified.
> 
> Jason