This is by design, flash-kernel has different dependencies depending on the target hardware; the piece of software making the system bootable (e.g. the flash-kernel udeb in d-i/ubiquity) will install flash-kernel and the hardware-specific deps (such as u-boot-tools).
** Changed in: flash-kernel (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1811984 Title: flash-kernel 3.90ubuntu3.18.10.1 fails with mkimage: not found if no uboot is used To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flash-kernel/+bug/1811984/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs