I tested this when upgrading from bionic to cosmic and it also passed the test.
root@clean-bionic-amd64:/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-z0ltcdq5# head -n10 /var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log 2019-05-09 14:51:06,729 INFO Using config files '['./DistUpgrade.cfg']' 2019-05-09 14:51:06,729 INFO uname information: 'Linux clean-bionic-amd64 4.15.0-47-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 13 10:44:52 UTC 2019 x86_64' 2019-05-09 14:51:07,065 INFO apt version: '1.6.10' 2019-05-09 14:51:07,066 INFO python version: '3.6.7 (default, Oct 22 2018, 11:32:17) [GCC 8.2.0]' 2019-05-09 14:51:07,069 INFO release-upgrader version '18.10.11.7' started 2019-05-09 14:51:07,079 INFO locale: 'en_US' 'UTF-8' 2019-05-09 14:51:07,150 DEBUG setting up environ for non-interactive use 2019-05-09 14:51:07,266 DEBUG Using 'DistUpgradeViewNonInteractive' view 2019-05-09 14:51:07,301 DEBUG enable dpkg --force-overwrite root@clean-bionic-amd64:/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-z0ltcdq5# grep -i "obsoletekernel" /var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log 2019-05-09 15:04:52,807 DEBUG identifyObsoleteKernels() 2019-05-09 15:04:58,059 DEBUG identifyObsoleteKernels found '{'linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-45-generic', 'linux-image-4.15.0-48-generic', 'linux-headers-4.15.0-46-generic', 'linux-headers-4.15.0-45-generic', 'linux-modules-4.15.0-46-generic', 'linux-modules-4.15.0-48-generic', 'linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-46-generic', 'linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-48-generic', 'linux-modules-4.15.0-45-generic', 'linux-image-4.15.0-45-generic', 'linux-headers-4.15.0-48-generic', 'linux-image-4.15.0-46-generic'}' ** Tags removed: verification-needed-cosmic ** Tags added: verification-done-cosmic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1828072 Title: KernelRemoval section is out of date To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1828072/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs