Possible bug in Grub in latest Install Updates

[supergamer]

I just checked a vm install and updated. I can report no issues so there was already a pushed out update to fix this on grub-common.

Code:

2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.11

This is what is showed now.

[valtam]

Bug has been patched by Ubuntu and is currently being distributed to global repos. USA looks to have got it first.

[valtam]

Run this check first:

Code:

sudo apt-get update

Code:

apt policy grub-pc

If it does not report in the Candidate line:

Code:

grub-pc:
  Candidate: 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.11

The updated packages are not available in your Countries repos yet.

Run the above commands once a day until you show the above version.

Buggy version:

2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.10

Fixed, updated version:

2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.11

[Artim]

It seems weird that there is beta software in a beginner's distro (not just for beginners, of course).  Newcomers to Linux should not be unwitting beta testers! 

I'm glad upstream caught it and replaced the buggy version, but even the replacement is beta.  I have learned to be very selective with updates.

[valtam]

It's extremely rare in Linux Lite. So much so that this is the first time it's ever happened from an Ubuntu repository in our OS. Not bad for a distribution that's been around since 2012.

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[bluzeo]

Starting to regret to put my rig back on an ubuntu drivi distro. Debian is better through and through. It is rare


God not dead! He roaring like an Lion.

[elelme]

Thank you for that info, Jerry! Most reassuring!

[Coastie]

Run this check first:

Code:

sudo apt-get update

Code:

apt policy grub-pc

If it does not report in the first 2 lines:

Code:

grub-pc:
  Installed: 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.11
  Candidate: 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.11

The updated packages are not available in your Countries repos yet.

Run the above commands once a day until you show the above version.

Buggy version:

2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.10

Fixed, updated version:

2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.11

When I run the above commands I get:

grub-pc:
  Installed: 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.9
  Candidate: 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.9

It looks to me that I am running 3.9 not 3.10 or 3.11. I usually check for updates once or twice a day. Does this mean I should update or not?

[valtam]

Coastie, the answer is in the 2nd command, 'If it does not...'

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[valtam]

I've updated post #12 to be more specific.

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