Possible bug in Grub in latest Install Updates

[Artim]

To be fair, this kind of bug in an update is thankfully pretty rare.  I think it's probably a good idea to at least "lurk" in the forums a bit before applying updates.  I would update only twice a week or so, to give it time for news to hit the forums and workarounds posted or updates fixed.

One thing I really liked about Mint (back when my aging hardware could run Mint Xfce) was the updater that helped me avoid bugaboos like this one.

[firenice03]

Ran apt-get update then checked apt policy grub-pc on a couple of systems..

On the 32bit candidate was 3.11
On the 64bit candidate was still 3.9

Installed was 3.9 on both..

Just FYI'ing

[bluzeo]

i am on today and both mine and my moms are at 3.9 still. i have yet to update moms but i been adding my open source company software too it...

[Valtam]

The following (default) server pulls in the fixed package on 64bit:

[bluzeo]

Still stuck at 3.9.


God not dead! He roaring like an Lion.

[Valtam]

Still stuck at 3.9.

Does your Software Sources look like the image I previously posted?

[bluzeo]

Yep.


God not dead! He roaring like an Lion.

[Valtam]

Then there must be another issue here. Run the following commands:

Code:

sudo leafpad /etc/apt/sources.list

post the file contents here. Then:

Code:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
apt policy grub-pc

[bluzeo]

# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main restricted


# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates main restricted
# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted


# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main restricted


## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates main restricted


## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates universe


## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates multiverse


## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverse


deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-security main restricted
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-security universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-security multiverse


## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial partner


## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Ubuntu's
## 'extras' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
## developers who want to ship their latest software.
# deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial main
# deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial main
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ xenial partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ xenial partner

[Valtam]

What did the other commands I posted produce?