So in 16.04 linux-image-generic (4.4.0.125.131) & linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04 (4.13.0.42.61) & linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04-edge (4.15.0.21.43 all now have a dep on both intel & amd microcode packages. Doesn't seem to have happened yet in 18.04, why not?
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-drivers-common in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1758689 Title: No microcode option present Status in ubuntu-drivers-common package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Appears to have been removed based on " - Remove the cpu-microcode.py detection plugin (LP: #1738259). Kernel metapackages are going to have a hard dependency on the {intel,amd64}-microcode packages to ensure that all bare-metal installs benefit from microcode updates...." However that appears to have never occured in bionic for 4.15.x & to have been reverted in all other linux-meta packages, ex. xenial - * Miscellaneous upstream changes - Revert "UBUNTU: Make kernel image packages depend on cpu microcode updates" -- Marcelo Henrique Cerri <marcelo.ce...@canonical.com> Fri, 12 Jan 2018 16:34:13 -0200 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: ubuntu-drivers-common 1:0.5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-12.13-generic 4.15.7 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu10 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7:ubuntu Date: Sun Mar 25 11:36:27 2018 SourcePackage: ubuntu-drivers-common UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-drivers-common/+bug/1758689/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
