Bug#1143619: linux-image-686: metapackage missing for 6.1.180-1 on 686

From	Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#1143619: linux-image-686: metapackage missing for 6.1.180-1 on 686
Date	2026-08-05 05:10 +0200
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Package: linux-image-686
Version: 6.1.177-1
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: martin-eric.racine@iki.fi

As reported by apt-cache after yesterday's upload of 6.1.180, the metapackage is missing for linux-image-686:

$ apt-cache show linux-image-686
Package: linux-image-686
Source: linux-signed-i386 (6.1.177+1)
Version: 6.1.177-1
Installed-Size: 13
Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team <debian-kernel@lists.debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Provides: linux-latest-modules-6.1.0-51-686, virtualbox-guest-modules, wireguard-modules (= 1.0.0)
Depends: linux-image-6.1.0-51-686 (= 6.1.177-1)
Description-en: Linux for older PCs (meta-package)
 This package depends on the latest Linux kernel and modules for use on PCs
 with one or more processors not supporting PAE.
Description-md5: 03f0cc206377b99f080d50c99049c16c
Homepage: https://www.kernel.org/
Built-Using: linux (= 6.1.177-1)
Section: kernel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/updates/main/l/linux-signed-i386/linux-image-686_6.1.177-1_i386.deb
Size: 1472
SHA256: 280ce94f9757de93785799e765ced11f624d39184d6b314ae488cdebad71579d

Package: linux-image-686
Source: linux-signed-i386 (6.1.176+1)
Version: 6.1.176-1
Installed-Size: 13
Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team <debian-kernel@lists.debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Provides: linux-latest-modules-6.1.0-50-686, virtualbox-guest-modules, wireguard-modules (= 1.0.0)
Depends: linux-image-6.1.0-50-686 (= 6.1.176-1)
Description-en: Linux for older PCs (meta-package)
 This package depends on the latest Linux kernel and modules for use on PCs
 with one or more processors not supporting PAE.
Description-md5: 03f0cc206377b99f080d50c99049c16c
Homepage: https://www.kernel.org/
Built-Using: linux (= 6.1.176-1)
Section: kernel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/l/linux-signed-i386/linux-image-686_6.1.176-1_i386.deb
Size: 1476
MD5sum: 45a31a22a4fb4fc84d603f3f4c913420
SHA256: e6e66cad478df4d2ddcd91ee2d7ddcaf17df522824d7883f75257c1bbdcc23ba

However, the metapackage for the debug symbols DOES appear:

$ apt-cache show linux-image-686-dbg
Package: linux-image-686-dbg
Source: linux
Version: 6.1.180-1
Installed-Size: 13
Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team <debian-kernel@lists.debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Provides: linux-latest-image-dbg
Depends: linux-image-6.1.0-52-686-dbg (= 6.1.180-1)
Description-en: Debugging symbols for Linux 686 configuration (meta-package)
 This package depends on the detached debugging symbols for the latest
 Linux kernel 686 configuration.
Description-md5: 3a5d022650dca8033f1b413b0c93f1d5
Homepage: https://www.kernel.org/
Section: kernel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/updates/main/l/linux/linux-image-686-dbg_6.1.180-1_i386.deb
Size: 1304
SHA256: ee6f5da9bf1950650270dac18d497eaaea4ddefbb265f5aacbc896e812666fc5

Package: linux-image-686-dbg
Source: linux
Version: 6.1.176-1
Installed-Size: 13
Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team <debian-kernel@lists.debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Provides: linux-latest-image-dbg
Depends: linux-image-6.1.0-50-686-dbg (= 6.1.176-1)
Description-en: Debugging symbols for Linux 686 configuration (meta-package)
 This package depends on the detached debugging symbols for the latest
 Linux kernel 686 configuration.
Description-md5: 3a5d022650dca8033f1b413b0c93f1d5
Homepage: https://www.kernel.org/
Section: kernel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/l/linux/linux-image-686-dbg_6.1.176-1_i386.deb
Size: 1304
MD5sum: 6107ee0e64a7fee787bc371f42037710
SHA256: fc88f3527d81ef8638cd18a073083dd97745f6f2235e00aab20a33c39f6f8bfc

This obviously means that upgrades won't work...

Martin-Éric

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Bug#1143619: linux-image-686: metapackage missing for 6.1.180-1 on 686 Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi> - 2026-08-05 05:10 +0200
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