uninstalling a kernel also installed a kernel

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
linux
Domain
operating-systems

Research direction

Start with the Kernels app's uninstall flow and the /var/log/apt/history.log transaction shown in the report, then trace how the requested kernel package changes are passed to Synaptic. Reproduce the Linux Mint 19.3 sequence and verify that removing 4.15.0-20 no longer installs 5.0.0-32 while retaining the requested kernel state.

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Description

BUG

Describe the bug
When uninstalling the 4.15 kernel, the 5.0.0-32 kernel was installed.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Install Linux Mint 19.2
  2. Upgrade to 19.3
  3. Install the 5.0.0-37 kernel in the Kernels app
  4. Restart so it will start using the 5.0.0-37 kernel
  5. In the Kernels app, uninstall the 4.15.0-20 kernel

Expected behavior
It not install the 5.0.0-32 kernel

Distribution:

  • Linux Mint
  • LMDE
  • Other (please specify)

Software version:
5.5.9

Additional context
Here is the change log from /var/log/apt/history.log

Start-Date: 2020-02-26  23:44:12
Commandline: /usr/sbin/synaptic --hide-main-window --non-interactive --parent-window-id 60817421 -o Synaptic::closeZvt=true --set-selections-file /tmp/tmpi4yu6lmx
Requested-By: jay (1000)
Install: linux-headers-5.0.0-32:amd64 (5.0.0-32.34~18.04.2, automatic), linux-modules-extra-5.0.0-32-generic:amd64 (5.0.0-32.34~18.04.2, automatic), linux-headers-5.0.0-32-generic:amd64 (5.0.0-32.34~18.04.2, automatic), linux-modules-5.0.0-32-generic:amd64 (5.0.0-32.34~18.04.2, automatic), linux-image-5.0.0-32-generic:amd64 (5.0.0-32.34~18.04.2, automatic)
Upgrade: linux-kernel-generic:amd64 (4.15.0-20, 5.0.0-32)
Purge: linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-20-generic:amd64 (4.15.0-20.21), linux-headers-4.15.0-20:amd64 (4.15.0-20.21), linux-modules-4.15.0-20-generic:amd64 (4.15.0-20.21), linux-headers-4.15.0-20-generic:amd64 (4.15.0-20.21), linux-image-4.15.0-20-generic:amd64 (4.15.0-20.21)
End-Date: 2020-02-26  23:45:16
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