Comment # 13 on bug 990701 from andreas bittner

I am again having this issue, if its to be considered an issue at all, or maybe
its by design or I am at a loss of understanding why this is happening every
now and then.

Are final kernel packages considered or to be taken and regarded differently
from all the rcX and betaN whatever kernel packages?

right now on leap 42.2 beta3 I switched over to the KOTD repo there, and
yesterday I was (and am still booting as default) on:

Linux linux 4.8.0-rc8-2.g991ee60-default #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Sep 27 11:01:09 UTC
2016 (991ee60) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux


although it has just "upgraded" or added the final 4.8.0 (non-rc) kernel
package just minutes ago.

I rebooted and grub default entry, but still brings up the rc8 kernel and
booting it.

Why doesnt it switch over to the "higher" non-rc final release 4.8 kernel?


rpm -aq | grep kerne
kernel-default-4.8.rc8-2.1.g991ee60.x86_64
kernel-default-4.8.0-1.1.gbbbf852.x86_64
kernel-firmware-20160516git-3.1.noarch

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/var/log/zypp/history:

016-10-05
12:07:36|install|kernel-default|4.8.rc8-2.1.g991ee60|x86_64|root@linux-ang0|kernel-head-standard-KOTD|bf077c659284ffd7904a0130fd7f90450c52c46fa3aa7b475ced301dd4d9dd38|
2016-10-06 12:27:23|command|root@linux-ang0|'zypper' 'up' 'ucode-amd'
'kernel-firmware' 'kernel-default'|
# 2016-10-06 12:28:24 kernel-default-4.8.0-1.1.gbbbf852.x86_64.rpm installed ok
# Additional rpm output:
# Creating initrd: /boot/initrd-4.8.0-1.gbbbf852-default
# dracut: Executing: /usr/bin/dracut --logfile /var/log/YaST2/mkinitrd.log
--force --force-drivers "pata_atiixp ahci ata_generic xennet xenblk"
/boot/initrd-4.8.0-1.gbbbf852-default 
4.8.0-1.gbbbf852-default
.....
# dracut:  resume=UUID=......
# dracut:  root=UUID=...... rootfstype=ext4 rootflags=rw,relatime,data=ordered
# dracut: *** Creating image file '/boot/initrd-4.8.0-1.gbbbf852-default' ***
# dracut: *** Creating initramfs image file
'/boot/initrd-4.8.0-1.gbbbf852-default' done ***
# 
2016-10-06
12:28:24|install|kernel-default|4.8.0-1.1.gbbbf852|x86_64|root@linux-ang0|kernel-head-standard-KOTD|943f9d5df7eba11f3b2156166dc763b98ac12d757efcfa81289fc129bb354be2|


but it never becomes the default entry for grub2
why not?

:(